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margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2,500 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Indicated_horsepower" title="Horsepower">ihp</a> (1,900 <a href="/wiki/Kilowatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilowatt">kW</a>)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">8 oval <a href="/wiki/Boiler_(steam_generator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Boiler (steam generator)">boilers</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × Shaft</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × <a href="/wiki/Marine_steam_engine#Back_acting" title="Marine steam engine">HRCR-steam engine</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Sail plan</td><td><a href="/wiki/Barquentine" title="Barquentine">Barquentine</a> rigged</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>13 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (24 km/h; 15 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>4,000 <a href="/wiki/Kilometre" title="Kilometre">km</a> (2,500 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>570 officers and enlisted men</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>As built</i>:</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">36 × 164 mm (6.5 in) Mle 1858 <a href="/wiki/Muzzle-loading_rifle" title="Muzzle-loading rifle">rifled muzzle-loading guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>After 1868</i>:</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">6 × 240 mm (9.4 in) Mle 1864 <a href="/wiki/Breech-loading_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Breech-loading gun">Breech-loading guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × 192 mm (7.6 in) Mle 1866 Breech-loading guns</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armour</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Hull: 120 mm (4.7 in)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Conning_tower" title="Conning tower">Conning tower</a>: 100 mm (3.9 in)</li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The <b>French ironclad <i>Gloire</i></b> ("Glory") was the first ocean-going <a href="/wiki/Ironclad" class="mw-redirect" title="Ironclad">ironclad</a>, launched in 1859. It was developed after the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_War" title="Crimean War">Crimean War</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-sinop_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sinop-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in response to new developments of naval gun technology, especially the <a href="/wiki/Paixhans_gun" title="Paixhans gun">Paixhans guns</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rifling" title="Rifling">rifled guns</a>, which used explosive shells with increased destructive power against wooden ships, and after the development of the ironclad <a href="/wiki/Floating_battery" title="Floating battery">floating batteries</a> built by the British and French for the bombardment of Russian forts during the Crimean War. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design_and_description">Design and description</h2></div> <p><i>Gloire</i> was designed by the French <a href="/wiki/Naval_architect" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval architect">naval architect</a> <a href="/wiki/Henri_Dupuy_de_L%C3%B4me" title="Henri Dupuy de Lôme">Henri Dupuy de Lôme</a> as a 5,630-ton <a href="/wiki/Broadside_ironclad" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadside ironclad">broadside ironclad</a> with a wooden hull. Its 12 cm-thick (4.7 in) armour plates, backed with 43 cm (17 in) of timber, resisted hits by the experimental shooting of the strongest guns of the time (the French 50-pounder and the British 68-pounder) at full charge, at a distance of 20 metres (65 ft). </p><p>Her maximum speed was 13.1 knots but other reports suggested no more than 11.75 knots had been attained and that 11 knots was the practical maximum.<sup id="cite_ref-wells46_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wells46-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As was common for the era, <i>Gloire</i> was constructed with sails as well as a steam-powered screw. The original rigging was a light <a href="/wiki/Barquentine" title="Barquentine">barquentine rig</a> providing 1,096 sq. m (11,800 sq. ft) of surface area. This was later increased to a <a href="/wiki/Full-rigged_ship" title="Full-rigged ship">full rig</a> providing 2,508 sq. m (27,000 sq. ft) of surface.<sup id="cite_ref-warshipsio_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-warshipsio-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service">Service</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=French_ironclad_Gloire&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2014</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>Gloire</i> was launched at the arsenal of Mourillon, <a href="/wiki/Toulon" title="Toulon">Toulon</a>, on 24 November 1859; and entered service in August 1860. </p><p>It was eliminated from the French fleet registry in 1879, and scrapped in 1883. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Importance_in_naval_history">Importance in naval history</h2></div> <p>As the first ocean-going ironclad, <i>Gloire</i> rendered obsolete traditional unarmoured wooden ships-of-the-line, and all major navies soon began to build ironclads of their own. However <i>Gloire</i> was soon itself rendered obsolete by the launching in 1860 of the British <a href="/wiki/HMS_Warrior_(1860)" title="HMS Warrior (1860)">HMS <i>Warrior</i></a>, the world's first iron-hulled ironclad warship. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LaGloirePhotography.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Photograph of Gloire, circa 1860, at the Musée de la Marine, Paris."><img alt="Photograph of Gloire, circa 1860, at the Musée de la Marine, Paris." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/LaGloirePhotography.jpg/120px-LaGloirePhotography.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/LaGloirePhotography.jpg/180px-LaGloirePhotography.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/LaGloirePhotography.jpg/240px-LaGloirePhotography.jpg 2x" data-file-width="772" data-file-height="487" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Photograph of <i>Gloire</i>, circa 1860, at the <a href="/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_de_la_Marine" class="mw-redirect" title="Musée de la Marine">Musée de la Marine</a>, Paris.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LaGloireLaunch.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The launch of Gloire."><img alt="The launch of Gloire." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/LaGloireLaunch.jpg/120px-LaGloireLaunch.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/LaGloireLaunch.jpg/180px-LaGloireLaunch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/LaGloireLaunch.jpg/240px-LaGloireLaunch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1320" data-file-height="652" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The launch of <i>Gloire</i>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gloire.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gloire sailing, 19th century print."><img alt="Gloire sailing, 19th century print." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Gloire.jpg/120px-Gloire.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Gloire.jpg/180px-Gloire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Gloire.jpg/240px-Gloire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="365" data-file-height="232" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Gloire</i> sailing, 19th century print.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LaGloireModel.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Scale model of Gloire at the Musée de la Marine."><img alt="Scale model of Gloire at the Musée de la Marine." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/LaGloireModel.jpg/120px-LaGloireModel.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/LaGloireModel.jpg/180px-LaGloireModel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/LaGloireModel.jpg/240px-LaGloireModel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Scale model of <i>Gloire</i> at the Musée de la Marine.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Couronne-bougault-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Couronne, near sister-ship of Gloire after it was rebuilt."><img alt="Couronne, near sister-ship of Gloire after it was rebuilt." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Couronne-bougault-2.jpg/120px-Couronne-bougault-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Couronne-bougault-2.jpg/180px-Couronne-bougault-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Couronne-bougault-2.jpg/240px-Couronne-bougault-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="822" data-file-height="516" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/French_ironclad_Couronne" title="French ironclad Couronne"><i>Couronne</i></a>, near sister-ship of <i>Gloire</i> after it was rebuilt.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style 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id="cite_note-sinop-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sinop_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sinop#Importance_to_naval_warfare" title="Battle of Sinop">Battle of Sinop</a> at the start of the war convinced the world's naval powers that wooden warships could not withstand the new weapons.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wells46-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-wells46_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output 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