Requin
1893
(Hai 422)
- Class: Requin - 1 barbette ship of 1877
- Displacement: 7,740 tons
- Dimensions: 280 (oa) x 59 x 24.5 ft.
- Machinery: 4 sets triple-expansion, 2 screws, IHP 11,200 = 15 knots
- Armor: Main belt (compound) 20 in. amidships, 12.5 in. ends; Main deck 3-4 in.;
Turrets (Harvey-nickel) 9.5 in.; Barbettes 8 in.; Conning tower 12 in.
- Armament: 2-13.4 in. (2x1), 4-3.9 in. (4x1)
- Complement: 332
- Builder: F. Ch. de la Gironde, Bordeaux
- Laid Down: 1879
- Launched: 13 Jun 1885
- Completed: Dec 1888
- Notes: Reconstructed between 1898 and 1901, during which armament altered to 2-10.8 in., 6-3.9 in., and 10-47 mm. New boilers were also fitted. In reserve at Bizerta in 1913. Recommissioned Oct 1914 and sailed to Egypt. Helped drive back Turkish offensive toward the Suez canal Dec 1914 - Jan 1915 while anchored in Timsah Lake. From 1916 to 1918 she took part in operations along Syrian coast in support of the Allied offensive on Suza. Attacked by German submarine UC74 on 19 April 1917, but not damaged. Paid off in 1919, stricken 2 Feb 1920, and scrapped in 1922.
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