Pre-Ironclad Steam Battleships of Foreign Navies

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Austria

KAISER

Name Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
Kaiser 1858 5194 tons 242' 10" x 53' 2" x - 1-shaft
Maudslay engine
800 nhp		 74 x 30 pdr. SBML
2 x 24 pdr. RML
16 x 60 pdr. SBML		 - 1866: Battle of Lissa
1869 - 1873: Converted into a central battery Ironclad

Denmark

SKJOLD

Name Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
Skjold 1856 2250 tons 193' 7" x 47' 2" x - 1-shaft
Baumgarten & Burmeister engine
300 nhp		 64 Guns - 1858 - 1860: Converted to steam power
1876: Stricken

France - New Construction

LE NAPOLEON Class

Name Laid down/Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
Le Napoleon 1848/May 1850 5040 tons 233' 8" x 53' 1" x - 1-shaft
Indret engine
900 nhp		 10 x 8.65"
80 x 36 lbs.		 - 1876: Stricken
Arcole 1853/March 1855 5040 tons 233' 8" x 53' 1" x - 1-shaft
Indret engine
900 nhp		 10 x 8.65"
80 x 36 lbs.		 - 1870: Stricken
Redoubtable 1853/October 1855 5040 tons 233' 8" x 53' 1" x - 1-shaft
Indret engine
900 nhp		 10 x 8.65"
80 x 36 lbs.		 - 1869: Stricken
Algesiras 1853/October 1855 5040 tons 233' 8" x 53' 1" x - 1-shaft
Toulon engine
900 nhp		 10 x 8.65"
80 x 36 lbs.		 - 1869: Troop transport
Imperial 1853/September 1856 5040 tons 233' 8" x 53' 1" x - 1-shaft
Indret engine
900 nhp		 10 x 8.65"
80 x 36 lbs.		 - 1969: Hospital ship
Intrepide 1853/1864 5040 tons 233' 8" x 53' 1" x - 1-shaft
Indret engine
900 nhp		 10 x 8.65"
80 x 36 lbs.		 - 1864: Troop transport
1890: Renamed La Borda
1914: Stricken
Ville de Nantes 1854/August 1858 5040 tons 233' 8" x 53' 1" x - 1-shaft
Cherbourg engine
900 nhp		 10 x 8.65"
80 x 36 lbs.		 - 1872: Stricken
Ville de Bordeaux 1854/May 1860 5040 tons 233' 8" x 53' 1" x - 1-shaft
Indret engine
900 nhp		 10 x 8.65"
80 x 36 lbs.		 - 1879: Stricken
Ville de Lyon 1854/February 1861 5040 tons 233' 8" x 53' 1" x - 1-shaft
Indret engine
900 nhp		 10 x 8.65"
80 x 36 lbs.		 - 1883: Stricken

LA BRETAGNE

Name Laid down/Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
La Bretagne 1853/February 1855 6770 tons 265' 8" x 59' 4" x - 1-shaft
Indret engine
1200 nhp		 130 Guns - 1866: TS

France - Conversions

Montebello

Name Laid down/Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
Montebello 1810/December 1822 4920 tons 207' 4" x 56' 2" x - 1-shaft
Indret engine
140 nhp		 114 Guns - 1852: Converted to steam power
1867: Stricken

BAYARD Class

Name Laid down/Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
Bayard 1827/August 1847 4230 tons 204' 5" x 53' 5" x - 1-shaft
Mazeline engine
450 nhp		 80 Guns - 1860: Converted to steam power
1872: Stricken
Duguesclin 1823/May 1848 4230 tons 204' 5" x 53' 5" x - 1-shaft
Mazeline engine
450 nhp		 80 Guns - 1859: Converted to steam power
1859: Wrecked
Breslaw 1827/July 1848 4289 tons 204' 5" x 53' 5" x - 1-shaft
Brest engine
450 nhp		 80 Guns - 1856: Converted to steam power
1872: Stricken
Donawerth 1827/February 1852 4093 tons 198' 6" x 53' 5" x - 1-shaft
Mazeline engine
450 nhp		 80 Guns - 1858: Converted to steam power
1880: Stricken
Fontenoy 1827/July 1848 4051 tons 204' 5" x 53' 5" x - 1-shaft
Toulon engine
450 nhp		 80 Guns - 1857: Converted to steam power
1881: Troop transport
Charlemagne 1833/January 1851 4124 tons 197' 2" x 53' 4" x - 1-shaft
La Ciotat engine
450 nhp		 80 Guns - 1867: Troop transport
Saint Louis 1848/May 1854 4230 tons 198' 5" x 53' 5" x - 1-shaft
Mazeline engine
450 nhp		 80 Guns - 1858: Converted to steam power
1881: TS
Tilsitt 1832/March 1854 4230 tons 204' 5" x 53' 5" x - 1-shaft
Brest engine
500 nhp		 80 Guns - 1856: Converted to steam power
1872: Stricken

JEAN BART

Name Laid down/Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
Jean Bart 1849/September 1852 4070 tons 199' 5" x 53' 4" x - 1-shaft
Indret engine
450 nhp		 70 Guns - 1869: Stricken

DUQUESNE Class

Name Laid down/Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
Duquesne 1847/December 1853 4556 tons 201' 5" x 55' 5" x - 1-shaft
Mazeline engine
650 nhp		 80 Guns - 1867: Hospital ship
Tourville 1847/October 1853 4565 tons 201' 5" x 55' 5" x - 1-shaft
Mazeline engine
650 nhp		 80 Guns - 1872: Stricken

PRINCE JEROME

Name Laid down/Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
Prince Jerome 1827/December 1853 4490 tons 206' 3" x 55' 8" x - 1-shaft
Le Creusot engine
650 nhp		 10 x 8.65"
80 x 36 lbs.		 - Originally named Annibal
1872: Troop transport

DUGUAY-TROUIN Class

Name Laid down/Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
Duguay-Trouin 1822/March 1854 4530 tons 203' 2" x 55' 1" x - 1-shaft
Napier engine
500 nhp		 10 x 8.65"
80 x 36 lbs.		 - 1857: Converted to steam power
1872: Stricken
Fleurus 1825/December 1853 4509 tons 203' 7" x 55' 8" x - 1-shaft
Le Creusot engine
650 nhp		 10 x 8.65"
80 x 36 lbs.		 - 1897: Stricken
Navarin 1832/July 1854 4562 tons 203' 5" x 55' 5" x - 1-shaft
Le Creusot engine
650 nhp		 10 x 8.65"
80 x 36 lbs.		 - 1873: Troop transport
Tage 1824/April 1847 4707 tons 209' 1" x 55' x - 1-shaft
Napier engine
500 nhp		 10 x 8.65"
80 x 36 lbs.		 - 1857: Converted to steam power
1875: Troop transport
Ulm 1825/May 1854 4493 tons 204' 5" x 56' 1" x - 1-shaft
Indret engine
650 nhp		 10 x 8.65"
80 x 36 lbs.		 - 1867: Hospital ship
Wagram 1833/June 1854 4508 tons 206' 2" x 55' 8" x - 1-shaft
Le Creusot engine
650 nhp		 10 x 8.65"
80 x 36 lbs.		 - 1867: Stricken
Turenne 1827/1854 4554 tons 212' 11" x 55' 1" x - 1-shaft
Marseilles engine
650 nhp		 10 x 8.65"
80 x 36 lbs.		 - 1859: Converted to steam power
1867: Stricken

LOUIS XIV Class

Name Laid down/Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
Louis XIV 1811/April 1854 4920 tons 209' 7" x 57' 1" x - 1-shaft
Napier engine
600 nhp		 114 Guns - 1857: Converted to steam power
1880: Stricken
Souverain 1813/August 1819 5094 tons 205' 5" x 56' 11" x - 1-shaft
Marseilles engine
600 nhp		 114 Guns - 1854: Converted to steam power
1882: Stricken
Ville de Paris 1807/October 1850 5302 tons 226' 6" x 56' 4" x - 1-shaft
Marseilles engine
600 nhp		 114 Guns - 1857: Converted to steam power
1882: Stricken

FRIEDLAND

Name Laid down/Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
Friedland 1812/April 1840 5170 tons 229' 1" x 53' 8" x - 1-shaft
Marseilles engine
600 nhp		 114 Guns - 1858: Conversion to steam power begun but never completed
1865: Hospital ship

AUSTERLITZ

Name Laid down/Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
Austerlitz 1832/September 1852 4430 tons 230' 7" x 55' 1" x - 1-shaft
Indret engine
500 nhp		 10 x 8.65"
80 x 36 lbs.		 - 1872: Stricken

EYLAU

Name Laid down/Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
Eylau 1833/May 1856 4920 tons 225' 5" x 55' 1" x - 1-shaft
Cave engine
600 nhp		 10 x 8.65"
80 x 36 lbs.		 - 1877: Stricken

ALEXANDRE Class

Name Laid down/Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
Alexandre 1848/1857 4920 tons 236' 6" x 53' 10" x - 1-shaft
- engine
800 nhp		 10 x 8.65"
80 x 36 lbs.		 - 1877: Stricken
Castiglione 1835/1860 5093 tons 239' 6" x 53' 5" x - 1-shaft
- engine
900 nhp		 10 x 8.65"
80 x 36 lbs.		 - 1881: Stricken
Massena 1835/1860 5267 tons 239' 6" x 53' 5" x - 1-shaft
- engine
900 nhp		 10 x 8.65"
80 x 36 lbs.		 - 1879: Stricken

Italy

RE GALANTUOMO

Name Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
Re Galantuomo 1861 3369 tons 191' x 50' 8" x - 1-shaft
- engine
450 nhp
8 knots		 64 Guns - 1875: Stricken

Russia

GANGUT

Name Laid down/Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
Gangut -/October 1825 3814 tons 211' 3" x 53' 8" x - 1-shaft
Nobel engine
500 nhp
9.0 knots		 28 x 68 pdr.
56 x 36 pdr.		 840 1827: Battle of Navarino
1856: Converted to steam power
1871: Stricken

VOLA

Name Laid down/Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
Vola -/July 1837 3814 tons 215' 10" x 53' 8" x - 1-shaft
Nobel engine
500 nhp		 26 x 68 pdr.
1 x 60 pdr.
56 x 36 pdr.
1868:
21 x 60 pdr.
6 x 36 pdr.		 840 1859: Converted to steam power
1868: Rearmed
1871: Stricken

KONSTANTIN

Name Laid down/Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
Konstantin -/August 1837 3697 tons 214' x 53' 2" x - 1-shaft
Humphreys & Tennant engine
450 nhp
10.5 knots		 4 x 68 pdr.
20 x 60 pdr.
32 x 30 pdr.		 827 1854 - 1856: Converted to steam power
1864: Stricken

VYBORG

Name Laid down/Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
Vyborg -/July 1841 3505 tons 215' x 51' 8" x - 1-shaft
Napier engine
450 nhp
7.5 knots		 74 Guns 827 1853 - 1854: Converted to steam power
1863: Stricken

OREL

Name Laid down/Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
Orel 1851/August 1854 3717 tons 206' 8" x 51' 6" x - 1-shaft
Baird engine
450 nhp
9.5 knots		 6 x 60 pdr.
26 x 36 pdr.
32 x 24 pdr.
4 x 24 pdr. Howitzers
16 x 24 pdr. Carronades
Later:
45 x 60 pdr.
64 x 36 pdr.		 827 1863: Stricken

RETVIZAN

Name Laid down/Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
Retvizan 1854/September 1855 3823 tons 215' 10" x 52' 8" x - 1-shaft
Nobel engine
500 nhp
9.5 knots		 6 x 60 pdr.
26 x 36 pdr.
32 x 24 pdr.
4 x 24 pdr. Howitzers
16 x 24 pdr. Carronades
Later:
45 x 60 pdr.
64 x 36 pdr.		 840 1880: Stricken

SINOP Class

Name Laid down/Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
Sinop 1852/September 1858 5587 tons 248' x 59' 6" x - 1-shaft
6 boilers
Maudslay engine
800 nhp
11.0 knots		 35 x 68 pdr.
100 x 36 pdr.		 1130 Originally named Bosfor
1874: Stricken
Cesarevic 1853/October 1857 5563 tons 247' 3" x 60' x - 1-shaft
6 boilers
Maudslay engine
800 nhp
11.0 knots		 35 x 60 pdr.
70 x 36 pdr.
1866:
29 x 60 pdr.
71 x 36 pdr.		 1130 1866: Rearmed
1874: Stricken

IMPERATOR NICOLAI I

Name Laid down/Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
Imperator Nicolai I 1855/May 1860 5427 tons 237' 9" x 58' 4" x - 1-shaft
Humphreys & Tennant engine
600 nhp
11.0 knots		 111 Guns 1020 Originally named Imperator Alexander I
1874: Stricken

Sweden

CARL XIV JOHAN

Name Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
Carl XIV Johan 1824 2608 tons 176' 11" x 48' 2" x - 1-shaft
- engine
300 nhp		 68 Guns - 1852 - 1854: Converted to steam power
1867: Stricken

STOCKHOLM

Name Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
Stockholm 1856 2846 tons 185' 8" x 48' 2" x - 1-shaft
- engine
800 nhp		 66 Guns - 1922: Stricken

Turkey

PEIK-I-ZAFER

Name Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
Peik-I-Zafer 1841 3125 tons 218' 5" x 55' 8" x 29' 1-shaft
2 boilers
Napier engine
2500 ihp
9.5 knots		 1842:
84 Guns
1860:
32 x 62 pdr.
30 x 45 pdr.
16 x 33 pdr.		 750 1856 - 1857: Converted to steam power
1878: Paid off; Storeship (Istanbul)
1894: Sold for scrapping

KOSOVO

Name Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
Kosovo 1858 3464 tons 307' 9" x 58' 8" x 24' 11" 1-shaft
4 boilers
Maudslay engine
3600 ihp
12.0 knots		 1865:
32 x 62 pdr.
34 x 45 pdr.
1875:
1 x 8" ML
34 x 45 pdr.		 800 1864 - 1865: Converted to steam power
1878: Engines removed; Hulked (Istanbul)
1883: Paid off; Sold for scrapping

FETIYE Class

Name Launched Displacement Dimensions Machinery Armament Crew Notes
Fetiye November 1856 3526 tons 227' 8" x 56' 3" x 27' 1-shaft
2 boilers
Napier engine
700 nhp
9 knots		 1858:
32 x 62 pdr.
30 x 45 pdr.
4 x 33 pdr.
1875:
1 x 150 pdr.
34 x 45 pdr.		 800 1858 - 1859: Converted to steam power
1877: Laid up (Istanbul)
1889: TS
1901: Decommissioned
1911: Sold for scrapping
Sadiye 1856 3526 tons 227' 8" x 56' 3" x 27' 1-shaft
2 boilers
Napier engine
700 nhp
9 knots		 1858:
32 x 62 pdr.
30 x 45 pdr.
4 x 33 pdr.
1875:
1 x 150 pdr.
34 x 45 pdr.		 800 1858 - 1859: Converted to steam power
1878: Decommissioned
1879: Storeship
1904: Sold for scrapping

Key

- = Unknown
ihp = Indicated Horse Power
pdr. = pounder
SBML = Smooth Bore Muzzle Loading Gun
ton = 20 cwt. or 2240 lbs.
TS = Training Ship

For images of the ships listed here, click on the appropriate link.

© Robert George Cordery (2005)