 A scale model of sister ship Flandre
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| History | |
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 France | |
| Name | Guyenne |
| Namesake | Guyenne |
| Ordered | 16 November 1860 |
| Builder | Arsenal de Rochefort |
| Laid down | 11 February 1861 |
| Launched | 6 September 1865 |
| Completed | April 1867 |
| Commissioned | 6 November 1867 |
| Stricken | 19 October 1882 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1887 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| 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 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) (trials) |
| 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 Guyenne 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). The ironclad played a minor role in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, blockading the Baltic and North Sea coasts of Prussia. Guyenne was decommissioned after the war, but was reactivated in 1877. She was transferred to the Mediterranean Squadron (Escadre de la Méditerranée) later that year and then to the Eastern Mediterranean the following year. The ship was reduced to reserve in 1879, stricken from the naval register three years later and was scrapped in 1887.