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 |
Contents
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).
| Ironclad Couronne | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ironclads (FR) | Provence Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Battleships (FR) | Provence Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
