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Magenta class ironclad

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Name
  
Magenta class

Preceded by
  
Gloire class

Built
  
1859–1862

Operators
  
French Navy

Succeeded by
  
Provence class

In commission
  
1861–1875

Magenta-class ironclad

The Magenta-class ironclads were a pair of broadside ironclads built for the French Navy.

The class was designed by Henri Dupuy de Lôme. The ships carried 50 guns in broadside. They were the only ironclad two-deckers ever built, and the first ironclads to feature a naval ram.

Ships

  • Magenta, launched 1861, destroyed by explosion 1875
  • Solférino, launched 1861, struck 1882

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