 A model of Trident in the Musée national de la Marine, Paris, with her torpedo net deployed
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| History | |
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 France | |
| Name | Trident |
| Namesake | Trident |
| Builder | Arsenal de Toulon |
| Laid down | April 1870 |
| Launched | 9 November 1876 |
| Completed | 1 November 1878 |
| Renamed | Var, 1904 |
| Stricken | Condemned, 5 April 1900 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 1909 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Colbert-class ironclad |
| Displacement | 8,814 metric tons (8,675 long tons) |
| Length | 102.1 m (335 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 17.7 m (58 ft 1 in) |
| Draft | 8.58 m (28.1 ft) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | 1 shaft, 1 Horizontal return connecting rod-steam engine |
| Sail plan | Ship rigged |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Range | approximately 3,300 nmi (6,100 km; 3,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 774 |
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| 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.