For other ships with the same name, see French ship Couronne.
Postcard of Couronne at anchor
Class overview
Operators
French Navy
Preceded by
Gloire class
Succeeded by
Magenta class
Built
1859–1862
In service
1862–1931
In commission
1862–1908
Completed
1
Scrapped
1
History
Name
Couronne
Namesake
Crown of Napoleon III
Ordered
4 March 1858
Builder
Arsenal de Lorient
Cost
6,018,885 francs
Laid down
14 February 1859
Launched
28 March 1861
Commissioned
2 February 1862
Out of service
Hulked, 1 September 1909
Reclassified
As gunnery training ship, 1885
Fate
Scrapped, 1934
General characteristics (as completed)
Type
Armoured frigate
Displacement
6,428 t (6,326 long tons)
Length
80.85 m (265 ft 3 in)
Beam
16.7 m (54 ft 9 in)
Draught
7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
Depth of hold
9.7 m (31 ft 10 in)
Installed power
8 oval boilers
2,597 PS (1,910 kW)
Propulsion
1 × shaft; 1 × HRCR-steam engine
Sail plan
Barquentine rigged
Speed
12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Range
2,410 nautical miles (4,460 km; 2,770 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement
570
Armament
30 × 164.7 mm (6.5 in) rifled breech-loading guns
Armour
Hull: 120 mm (4.7 in)
Conning tower: 100 mm (3.9 in)
Deck: 12.7 mm (0.5 in)
The French ironclad Couronne ("Crown") was the first iron-hulled ironclad warship built for the French Navy in 1859–1862. She was the first such ship to be laid down, although the British armoured frigate HMS Warrior was completed first. The ship participated in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, but saw no combat. She was served as a gunnery training ship from 1885 to 1908 before she was hulked the following year and became a barracks ship in Toulon. Couronne was scrapped in 1934, over 70 years after she was completed.
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