Hoche
1890
(Hai 777)
- Class: Hoche - 1 turret/barbette ship of 1880
- Displacement: 10,820 tons
- Dimensions: 336ft 7in (wl) x 66ft 4in x 27ft 3 in
- Machinery: 2-shaft VC (4 engibes), 8 cyl boilers, 12,000ihp = 16.5 knots
- Armor: Compound. Belt 18in-10in, upper belt 3.2in (steel), turrets and barbettes 16in, tubes 9in (iron), CT 2.5in
- Armament: 2-13.4in/28, 2-10.8in/28, 18-5.5in, 10-3pdr, 10-1pdr revolvers, 5 TT aw
- Complement: 611
- Builder: Lorient
- Laid Down: Jun 1881
- Launched: Sep 1886
- Completed: 1890
- Notes: Nicknamed "Le Grande Hotel" for her towering superstructure, which adversely affected her stability and was later cut down; at the same time she was re-engined with 16 Belleville boilers and VTE and displacement reduced by 300 tons.
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