French ironclad Courbet

Courbet was an Dévastation-class ironclad central battery battleship of the French Navy.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Courbet.
The ironclad Courbet.
History
France
Name: Courbet
Namesake: Amédée Courbet
Laid down: 19 July 1875
Launched: 27 April 1882, as Foudroyant
Commissioned: 20 October 1886, as Courbet
Decommissioned: 4 January 1903
Stricken: 5 February 1909
Fate: Sold for scrap, 25 August 1910
General characteristics
Class and type: Dévastation-class ironclad
Displacement: 10,500 tonnes 
Length: 96 m (315 ft 0 in)
Speed: 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Complement: 700 men
Armament:
  • 4 × 340 mm (13 in) guns
  • 11 × 138 mm (5.4 in) guns
  • 3 × 240 mm (9.4 in) guns
  • 2 × 37 mm (1.5 in) guns
  • 4 × 47 mm (1.9 in) guns

Career

The ship was laid down at Toulon on 19 July 1875, and was launched on 27 April 1882. Originally named Foudroyant ("Lightning"), she was renamed to honour Admiral Amédée Courbet on 25 June 1885. Courbet was commissioned on 20 October 1886 and assigned to the escadre d'évolution at Toulon on 1 November 1886.[1]

In August 1887 she represented France at the International Maritime Exhibition at Cadiz, before visiting Tangier. In 1893, she sailed to the eastern Mediterranean, and visited Tunisia and Algeria in 1895. She was decommissioned in February 1898 to refit, then in October 1898 sailed from Toulon to Cherbourg, where she joined the l'escadre du Nord ("Northern Squadron"). In 1899, she visited Lisbon, Cadiz, Vigo and Ferrol, and in 1901, was at Vigo, Lagos, Toulon and Ajaccio.[1]

After a final voyage to Algeria in 1902, she sailed from Toulon to Brest, where she was put into reserve on 4 January 1903. Disarmed in February 1908, she was struck on 5 February 1909, and sold for scrap on 25 August 1910.[1]

References
  1. Roche, Jean-Michel (2012). "Bâtiments ayant porté le nom de Courbet". netmarine.net (in French). Archived from the original on 14 February 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
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