Triomphante at anchor
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Triomphante |
Builder | Rochefort |
Laid down | 5 August 1869 |
Launched | 28 March 1877 |
Commissioned | 17 October 1880 |
Fate | Condemned 18 July 1896, sold 1903 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | La Galissonnière-class ironclad |
Displacement | 4,150 metric tons (4,080 long tons) |
Length | 76.85 m (252 ft 2 in) |
Beam | 14.88 m (48 ft 10 in) |
Draft | 6.3 m (21 ft) (mean) |
Installed power | 2,214 ihp (1,651 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Sail plan | Ship rig |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Range | 2,740 nautical miles (5,070 km; 3,150 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 352–382 |
Armament |
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Armor |
Triomphante (Triumphant) was the third and last ship of the La Galissonnière class of wooden-hulled, armored corvettes built for the French Navy during the 1870s. Her construction was delayed for years and the navy took advantage of the extended construction time to upgrade her armament in comparison to the lead ship, La Galissonnière. She and her half-sister La Galissonnière participated in a number of battles during the Sino-French War of 1884–85. The ship remained in Asia and never returned to France after the war. She was condemned in 1896 and sold in 1903.