The French ironclad Rochambeau, formerly the American Dunderberg, 1868. Ship '...purchased by the French Government from the United [She] is a very formidable vessel of [and] may be described as a shotproof iron fort, mounted upon an iron hull, with fore and aft decks, likewise of iron, which are but little raised above the water-level. These parts of the hull, as well as the midships portion, are shotproof, the stern part containing the screw-propeller and steering apparatus, while the fore part is armed with a beak to pierce the sides of an enemy's ship. This vessel was built
The French ironclad Rochambeau, formerly the American Dunderberg, 1868. Ship '...purchased by the French Government from the United [She] is a very formidable vessel of [and] may be described as a shotproof iron fort, mounted upon an iron hull, with fore and aft decks, likewise of iron, which are but little raised above the water-level. These parts of the hull, as well as the midships portion, are shotproof, the stern part containing the screw-propeller and steering apparatus, while the fore part is armed with a beak to pierce the sides of an enemy's ship. This vessel was built at New York, by Mr. W. H. are two engines, of reverse horizontal action, with a combined force of 5000-horse power. The iron plating of the central portion is seven inches thick, and that of the two decks, fore and aft, is eight inches and a half. There are portholes for eighteen guns; but the armament when she came over from America consisted of four 15-in. Rodman guns and twelve 11-in. Dahlgrens. It is not yet known how she will be armed by the French naval authorities. She made a good passage from New York to Cherbourg, in fourteen days, with an average speed of eight or nine miles an hour'. From "Illustrated London News", 1868.
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