Solferino
1862
(Optatus OPT-01)
- Class: Solferino - 2 broadside ironclads of 1861
- Displacement: 7,124 tons
- Dimensions: 302 x 57 x 28.5 ft.
- Machinery: Single-expansion horizontal steam engine, 1 screw, 12.8 knots
- Armor: Main belt 5 in.
- Armament: 16-55 pdr., 10-6.4 in. on lower deck, 24-6.4 in., 2-8.8 in. howitzers on upper deck.
- Complement:
- Builder: Marine Arsenal, Lorient
- Laid Down:
- Launched: 24 Jun 1861
- Completed: Sep 1862
- Notes: Designed by Dupuy de Lôme. Wood hull with 2 meter iron ram fitted underwater. Rebuilt in 1868-69, with lower deck battery removed and with 10-9.4 in. and 4-7.6 in. guns. Stricken 1882.
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