French ironclad Solférino (1861)
- French ironclad Solférino (1861)
"Solférino" was a broadside ironclad warship of the French Navy, the second unit of the "Magenta" class, designed by Dupuy de Lôme and launched in 1861. She was named in honour of the Battle of Solferino.
These two ironclads were the only two-decked broadside ironclad battleships ever built. They were also the first ships in the world to be equipped with a spur ram. They were somewhat of an enlarged version of the "Gloire" type armoured frigate, or the result of the same principle applied to a full-scale ship of the line.
References
*"Steam, Steel and Shellfire, The Steam Warship 1815-1905", Conway'S history of the ship, Chartwell Books Inc., ISBN 0-7858-1413-2
* Roger Chesneau and Eugene M. Kolesnik, ed., "Conway's All The Worlds Fighting Ships, 1860-1905", (Conway Maritime Press, London, 1979), ISBN 0-85177-133-5
External links
* Plans of the "Solférino" (large TIF files) from the "Atlas du génie maritime" of the "Service historique de la Défense" ("Historical services of the ministry of Defence")
** [http://www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr/medias/planbato/GM13PL0693.tif Plan of the hull]
** [http://www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr/medias/planbato/GM13PL0694.tif Cargo bay and machinery]
** [http://www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr/medias/planbato/GM13PL0695.tif 2nd battery and castle]
** [http://www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr/medias/planbato/GM13PL0696.tif 1st battery]
** [http://www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr/medias/planbato/GM13PL0697.tif Riggings]
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