Английская Википедия:Algésiras-class ship of the line

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The Algésiras class consisted of five second-rank, 90-gun, steam-powered ships of the line built for the French Navy in the 1850s. Most of the ships participated in the Second Italian War of Independence in 1859 or the Second French intervention in Mexico in the 1860s. Beginning in the mid-1860s, they were decommissioned or converted into troopships before being scrapped beginning in the early 1870s.

Description

The Algésiras-class ships were repeats of the pioneering ship of the line Шаблон:Ship and were also designed by naval architect Henri Dupuy de Lôme. They had a length at the waterline of Шаблон:Convert, a beam of Шаблон:Convert and a depth of hold of Шаблон:Convert. The ships displaced Шаблон:Convert and had a draught of Шаблон:Convert at deep load. Their crew numbered 913 officers and ratings.[1]

The primary difference between Napoléon and the Algésiras class was that the boilers of the latter ships were moved forward of the engines. They were powered by a pair of either horizontal-return connecting-rod or trunk steam engine that drove the single propeller shaft using steam provided by eight boilers. The engines were rated at 900 nominal horsepower and produced around Шаблон:Convert. During their sea trials, they reached speeds of Шаблон:Convert. The ships could carry Шаблон:Convert of coal. They were fitted with three masts and ship rigged[1] with a sail area of Шаблон:Convert.[2]

The armament of the Algésiras-class ships generally consisted of eighteen 36-pounder (Шаблон:Cvt) smoothbore cannon and sixteen Шаблон:Cvt Paixhans guns on the lower gundeck and thirty-four 30-pounder Шаблон:Cvt cannon on the upper gundeck. On the quarterdeck and forecastle were twenty Шаблон:Cvt Paixhans guns and a pair of 163 mm rifled muzzle-loading guns.[1] Шаблон:Ship, converted into a troopship while still under construction, was armed only with four 30-pounder cannon.[3]

Ships

Name Builder[4] Laid down[4] Launched[4] Commissioned[4] Fate[4]
Шаблон:Ship Arsenal de Toulon April 1853 4 October 1855 10 April 1856 Destroyed by fire, 25 November 1906
Шаблон:Ship Arsenal de Cherbourg 4 March 1853 20 March 1855 8 May 1856 Scrapped, 1872
Шаблон:Ship Arsenal de Brest 19 August 1853 15 September 1856 20 February 1858 Scrapped, 1897
Шаблон:Ship Arsenal de Rochefort 2 September 1853 17 September 1864 8 May 1865 Sank by accident, May 1913
Шаблон:Ship 11 April 1853 25 October 1855 24 November 1856 Scrapped, 1873–1874

Citations

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Bibliography

  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 Winfield & Roberts, p. 70
  2. Roche, p. 258
  3. Winfield & Roberts, p. 71
  4. 4,0 4,1 4,2 4,3 4,4 Winfield & Roberts, pp. 70–71