French ironclad Couronne

Career (France)
Namesake:	Crown and French ship La Couronne
Builder:	Lorient
Laid down:	14 February 1859
Launched:	28 March 1861
Commissioned:	2 February 1862
Out of service:	Hulked 1910
Fate:	Scrapped 1932
General characteristics
Class and type:	ironclad battleship of the French Navy during the Second Empire. The Couronne was built as an ironclad of La Gloire type, though she was made entirely in iron rather than iron plaques fixed on a wooden hull. From 1881 on, she was used as a gunnery school for the Navy and modified : her armour was removed, her bow, rear and rigging were modified, giving her the appeared of a ship of the Napoléon type. The artillery was changed to numerous calibres. She was replaced in 1908, and converted to a floating barracks, until she was scrapped in 1932. The Couronne sailing in heavy sea Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат Cournil Couronne (disambiguation) Look at other dictionaries: French ironclad Couronne (1861) — The Couronne ( Crown ) was an ironclad battleship of the French Navy during the Second Empire.The Couronne was built as an ironclad of La Gloire type, though she was made entirely in iron rather than iron plaques fixed on a wooden hull. From 1881 …   Wikipedia ironclad — adj. /uy euhrn klad /; n. /uy euhrn klad /, adj. 1. covered or cased with iron plates, as a ship for naval warfare; armor plated. 2. very rigid or exacting; inflexible; unbreakable: an ironclad contract. n. 3. a wooden warship of the middle or… …   Universalium History of the French Navy — Although the History of the French Navy goes back to the Middle Ages, when it was defeated by the English at the Battle of Sluys and, with Castilian help, managed to beat the English at La Rochelle, its history can be said to effectively begin… …   Wikipedia List of battleships of France — This is a list of French battleships of the period 1859 1970. Note that the dates given are the ships launch date.The French Navy pursued three main lines of development with these ships: *Large sea going battleships. The first generation were… …   Wikipedia Aéro Journal (magazine) — Aéro Journal ... Pays  France Langue Français Périodicité Bimestriel Genre …   Wikipédia en Français 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”