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| History | |
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 France | |
| Name | Magenta |
| Namesake | Battle of Magenta |
| Builder | Brest |
| Laid down | 22 June 1859 |
| Launched | 22 June 1861 |
| Fate | Exploded and sank, 31 October 1875 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | Magenta-class ironclad |
| Displacement | 6,965 t (6,855 long tons) |
| Length | 88.6 m (290 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 17.34 m (56 ft 11 in) |
| Draft | 8.44 m (27 ft 8 in) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | 1 shaft, 1 horizontal-return connecting rod-steam engine |
| Sail plan | Barquentine-rig |
| Speed | 12.88 knots (23.85 km/h; 14.82 mph) (trials) |
| Range | 1,840 nautical miles (3,410 km; 2,120 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 674 |
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Magenta was the lead ship of her class of two broadside ironclads built for the French Navy (Marine nationale) in the early 1860s. She served as flagship of the Mediterranean Squadron.