French ironclad Trident

A model of Trident in the Musée national de la Marine, Paris, with her torpedo net deployed
History
France
NameTrident
NamesakeTrident
BuilderArsenal de Toulon
Laid downApril 1870
Launched9 November 1876
Completed1 November 1878
RenamedVar, 1904
StrickenCondemned, 5 April 1900
FateSold for scrap, 1909
General characteristics
Class and typeColbert-class ironclad
Displacement8,814 metric tons (8,675 long tons)
Length102.1 m (335 ft 0 in)
Beam17.7 m (58 ft 1 in)
Draft8.58 m (28.1 ft)
Installed power
Propulsion1 shaft, 1 Horizontal return connecting rod-steam engine
Sail planShip rigged
Speed14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Rangeapproximately 3,300 nmi (6,100 km; 3,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement774
Armament
  • 8 × single 274 mm (10.8 in) guns
  • 1 × single 240 mm (9.4 in) guns
  • 6 × single 138 mm (5.4 in) guns
  • 4 × 356 mm (14.0 in) torpedo tubes
Armor

The French ironclad Trident was the second and last ship of the Colbert-class ironclads that were built for the French Navy in the 1870s. The ship was the flagship of the deputy commander of the Mediterranean Squadron for most of her career. She took part in the French occupation of Tunisia, notably shelling and landing troops in Sfax in 1881. Trident was reclassified as a training ship in 1894 and condemned in 1900, before she was finally sold for scrap in 1909.