Couronne (1861)
| Couronne (1861) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Arsenal de Lorient[1] |
| Ordered: | 4 March, 1858[2] |
| Laid down: | 14 February, 1859[3] |
| Launched: | 28 March, 1861[4] |
| Completed: | 2 February, 1862[5] |
| Stricken: | 1 December, 1908[6] |
| Hulked: | 1910[7] |
| Fate: | Broken up 1934 |
Couronne was an ironclad completed for the French Navy in 1862.
Construction
Couronne was the first French battleship to be entirely built from iron, and was an improved version of the preceding Glorie class.[8]
Service
In 1881 Couronne was chosen to be converted into a gunnery training ship. The conversion was undertaken by the Arsenal de Toulon according to plans drawn up by sous-ingénieur de 1re classe Victor Cousin. In addition to a completely new armament, the Couronne's iron armor was removed and replaced by wooden planking of equal thickness, lightly-built iron poop and spar decks were added, and two boilers were removed.[9] According to Conway's, the conversion process lasted from 1881 until 1885.[10]
Couronne was replaced as gunnery training ship on 1 December, 1908 and was disarmed subsequently. In 1910 she was hulked and converted to a barracks for the atelier central de la Flotte at Toulon, a humble duty she performed for the next twenty-two years. Replaced as a barracks in 1932, she was sold to M. Bonturi for 226,100 Francs on 25 October, 1933 and broken up in 1934.[11]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Capitaine de vaisseau Léopold Pallu de la Barrière, 21 September, 1879[12]
Armament
As Completed
- Thirty-six 164.7mm breech-loading rifled guns
1864
- Thirty-two 164.7mm breech-loading rifled guns
- Four 220mm breech-loading rifled howitzers
1869
- Sixteen 194mm breech-loading rifled guns
- Six 164.7mm breech-loading rifled guns
Before 1881
- Eight 240mm breech-loading rifled guns
- Four 194mm breech-loading rifled guns
- Two 120mm breech-loading rifled guns
- Twelve 37mm Hotchkiss revolvers
1881
- Three 240mm breech-loading rifled guns
- Three 190mm breech-loading rifled guns
- Three 160mm breech-loading rifled guns
- Sixteen 140mm breech-loading rifled guns
- Three 100mm breech-loading rifled guns
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 286.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 286.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 286.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 286.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 286.
- ↑ la Flotte de Napoléon III - Frégates cuirassées
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 286.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 286.
- ↑ la Flotte de Napoléon III - Frégates cuirassées
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 286.
- ↑ la Flotte de Napoléon III - Frégates cuirassées
- ↑ Annuaire de la Marine 1880. p. 658.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 286.
- ↑ la Flotte de Napoléon III - Frégates cuirassées
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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