French ironclad Alma

Model of her sister ship Jeanne d'Arc on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris, before the rear barbettes were deleted.
History
France
NameAlma
NamesakeBattle of Alma
BuilderLorient
Laid down1 October 1865
Launched26 November 1867
Commissioned1870
FateSold May 1893
General characteristics
Class and typeAlma-class ironclad
Displacement3,778 t (3,718 long tons)
Length68.84 m (225 ft 10 in)
Beam14.04 m (46 ft 1 in)
Draft6.53 m (21 ft 5 in) (mean)
Installed power
Propulsion1 shaft, steam engine
Sail planBarque-rig
Speed11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Range1,360 nmi (2,520 km; 1,570 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement316
Armament
  • 6 × single 194 mm (7.6 in) Mle 1864 guns
  • 4 × single 120 mm (4.7 in) guns
Armor

The French ironclad Alma was a wooden-hulled armored corvette built for the French Navy in the late 1860s. The lead ship of her class, she was named after the 1854 Battle of Alma of the Crimean War. The ship spent her early career on the China Station and later supported the French occupation of Tunisia in 1881. She was condemned in 1886, but was not sold until 1893.


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