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Tonnante

Tonnante

Survived

French Navy

TypeFloating battery
ClassDévastation
WarCrimean War
Main guns16 × 7.6″ guns

Armoured floating battery at Kinburn.

La batterie flottante La Tonnante Photo: Eugène Ciceri / Antoine Léon Morel-Fatio, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 16 × 30-pounder 194 mm (7.6 in) guns
  • 2 × 18-pounder 138.7 mm (5.5 in)

Armour

  • Belt: 110 mm (4.3 in)
  • Battery: 100 mm (3.9 in)
BuilderArsenal de Brest
Laid down5 September 1854
Launched17 March 1855
Commissioned30 July 1855
Displacement1,575 metric tons (1,550 long tons)
Length52.35 m (171.8 ft) (o/a
Speed4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph)
Complement280 or 282

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

17 March 1855

17 October 1855

Fate

Survived

Sold to be broken up