Bouvines-class ironclad

Bouvines in early 1895
Class overview
Name	Bouvines
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Jemmapes class
Succeeded by	Henri IV
Cost	FF14,986,587 (Bouvines)
Built	1890–1896
In service	1895–1918
In commission	1895–1913
Completed	2
Scrapped	2
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Coastal-defense ship
Displacement	6,798 t (6,691 long tons)
Length	89.65 m (294 ft 2 in) (o/a)
Beam	17.86 m (58 ft 7 in)
Draft	7.54 m (24.7 ft)
Installed power	16 water-tube boilers 8,865 ihp (6,611 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) (at trials)
Range	3,900 nautical miles (7,200 km; 4,500 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement	333 (371 as flagship)
Armament	2 × single 305 mm (12 in) guns 8 × single 100 mm (3.9 in) guns 4 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns 10 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) guns 2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes
Armor	Belt: 250–464 mm (9.8–18.3 in) Decks: 92 mm (3.6 in) Conning tower: 80 mm (3.1 in) Turrets: 320 mm (12.6 in)

The Bouvines class consisted of a pair of ironclad coastal-defense ships built for the French Navy (Marine Navale) in the 1890s, Bouvines and Amiral Tréhouart. Thoroughly obsolete by World War I, the ships only played a minor role during the war. They were sold for scrap in 1920.