Bayard Class Barbette Ships Class Overview

Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:
265' 9" (WL)
Engines:
2 Vertical compound
Beam:
57' 3"
Boilers:
8 Cylindrical
Draft:
25' 2" (Full)
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
5,915 (Bayard
6,260 (Turenne)
HP:
4,400 ihp
Speed:
14 knots
Crew:
451
Range:
N/A


Armament (Sources differ too much to accurately complete this section.)
There were 4 main guns in barbettes, 2 on the centerline amidships and 2 in sponsons.


Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Arsenal de Brest
Brest, France

Mar. 27, 1880
1882
Fate
Removed from navy list Apr. 26, 1899, scrapped in
Saigon, French Indochina in 1904.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Arsenal de Lorient
Lorient, France

Oct. 16, 1879
Feb. 1882
Fate
 
Scrapped after 1900.


Page published Oct. 28, 2019