French ironclad Suffren

Model of Océan on display at the Musée de la Marine, Paris
History
France
NameSuffren
NamesakePierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez
BuilderArsenal de Cherbourg
Laid downJuly 1866
Launched26 December 1870
Completed5 August 1873
Commissioned1 March 1876
Stricken1895
FateDiscarded 15 July 1897
General characteristics
Class and typeOcéan-class ironclad
Displacement7,800 metric tons (7,700 long tons)
Length86.2 m (282 ft 10 in)
Beam17.52 m (57 ft 6 in)
Draft9.09 m (29.8 ft)
Installed power4,100 ihp (3,100 kW)
Propulsion
Sail planBarque or barquentine-rig
Speed14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Rangeapproximately 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement750–778
Armament
  • 4 × 1 – 274 mm (10.8 in) guns
  • 4 × 1 – 240 mm (9.4 in) guns
  • 6 × 1 – 138 mm (5.4 in) guns
  • 1 × 1 – 120 mm (4.7 in) guns
Armor

Suffren was a wooden-hulled, armored frigate of the Océan class, built for the French Navy in the mid to late 1860s. Although she was laid down in 1866, the ship was not launched until 1870 and commissioned in 1876. Suffren was one of the French ships assigned to the international squadron gathered to force the Ottoman Empire to carry out its obligations under the Treaty of Berlin in 1880. The ship was paid off in 1895 and discarded two years later.