French ironclad Marceau

Marceau early in her career
History
France
Name	Marceau
Namesake	General François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers
Ordered	October 1880
Builder	Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer
Laid down	28 November 1882
Launched	24 May 1887
Commissioned	27 January 1890
In service	14 March 1891
Stricken	1 October 1920
Fate	Wrecked, 17 January 1922
General characteristics
Class and type	Marceau-class ironclad
Displacement	10,558 long tons (10,727 t)
Length	103.62 m (340 ft 0 in) loa
Beam	20.23 m (66 ft 4 in)
Draft	8.13 m (26 ft 8 in)
Installed power	8 × fire tube boilers 12,030 ihp (8,970 kW)
Propulsion	2 × compound steam engines 2 × screw propellers
Speed	16.19 knots (29.98 km/h; 18.63 mph)
Range	2,900 nmi (5,400 km; 3,300 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	647
Armament	4 × 340 mm (13 in) guns 17 × 138.6 mm (5.46 in) guns 4 × 65 mm (2.6 in) M1888 guns 12 × 1 - 47 mm (1.9 in) M1885 guns 8 × 37 mm (1.5 in) Hotchkiss revolver cannon 6 × 356 mm (14 in) torpedo tubes
Armor	Belt: 229 to 457 mm (9 to 18 in) Deck: 80 mm (3.1 in) Conning tower: 120 to 150 mm (4.7 to 6 in) Barbettes: 406 mm (16 in) Gun shields: 64 mm (2.5 in)

Marceau was an ironclad barbette ship built for the French Navy during the 1880s, the lead ship of her class. She served in the Mediterranean Squadron until 1900, when she was rebuilt and subsequently placed in reserve. She returned to service in 1906 as a torpedo training ship. During World War I, she served in Malta and Corfu as a submarine tender. The old ironclad was sold for scrapping in 1920, and while being towed to Toulon, she ran aground in a gale off Bizerte and became stranded. The wreck remained visible there until the 1930s.