French battleship Courbet (1882)

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The ironclad Courbet.
Career (France) French Navy Ensign
Namesake: Amédée Courbet
Laid down: July 1875
Launched: April 1882
Commissioned: November 1886
Decommissioned: 5 February 1909
Career (France) French Navy Ensign
Name: Foudroyant in 1885
General characteristics
Class and type: Courbet-class ironclad
Displacement: 10,500 tonnes
Length: 96 m
Speed: 15.5 knots
Complement: 700 men
Armament:

4 × 340mm
11 × 138mm
3 × 240mm
2 × 37mm

4 × 47mm

The Courbet was an ironclad first-rank battleship of the French Navy.

She served in the Mediterranean squadron, and later in the Northern squadron. She had a sister ship, the Dévastation.

See also

fr:Courbet (cuirassé)