.jpg) Gauloise before 1883
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| History | |
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| Name | Gauloise |
| Namesake | Gauloise |
| Ordered | 16 November 1860 |
| Builder | Arsenal de Brest |
| Laid down | 24 January 1861 |
| Launched | 26 April 1865 |
| Commissioned | 5 December 1867 |
| Stricken | 13 October 1883 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1884–1886 |
| General characteristics (as completed) | |
| Class and type | Provence-class ironclad frigate |
| Displacement | 5,810 t (5,720 long tons) |
| Length | 82.9 m (272 ft) (o/a) |
| Beam | 17.06 m (56 ft) |
| Draft | 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in) (deep load) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | 1 shaft, 1 HRCR-steam engine |
| Sail plan | Barque-rig |
| Speed | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) |
| Range | 2,410 nautical miles (4,460 km; 2,770 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 579–594 |
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The French ironclad Gauloise was one of 10 Provence-class armored frigates built for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) during the 1860s. Commissioned in 1867, she was initially assigned to the Northern Squadron (Escadre du Nord) and usually served as a flagship. The ironclad played a minor role in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, blockading the Baltic and North Sea coasts of Prussia.
The ship was repeatedly placed in and out of reserve during the 1870s and spent the rest of her career in the Mediterranean, serving with the Squadron of Evolutions (Escadre d'évolutions) of the Mediterranean Squadron (Escadre de la Méditerranée) and later the Levant Naval Division (Division navale du Levant). Gauloise was condemned in 1883 and subsequently scrapped.