French ironclad Victorieuse

Victorieuse in Algiers, 8 July 1886
History
France
Name	Victorieuse
Builder	Toulon
Laid down	5 August 1869
Launched	18 November 1875
Commissioned	17 August 1878
Fate	Condemned 8 March 1900
General characteristics
Class and type	La Galissonnière-class ironclad
Displacement	4,150 metric tons (4,080 long tons)
Length	76.85 m (252 ft 2 in)
Beam	14.88 m (48 ft 10 in)
Draft	6.3 m (21 ft) (mean)
Installed power	2,214 ihp (1,651 kW)
Propulsion	1 shaft, 2 vertical compound steam engines 4 oval boilers
Sail plan	Ship rig
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range	2,740 nautical miles (5,070 km; 3,150 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	352–382
Armament	6 × 1 – 240 mm (9.4 in) Mle 1870 guns 1 × 1 – 194 mm (7.6 in) gun 6 × 1 – 138 mm (5.4 in) guns 4 × 1 – 37 mm (1.5 in) Hotchkiss 5-barrel revolving guns Harvey torpedoes
Armor	Belt: 150 mm (5.9 in) Battery: 120 mm (4.7 in) Barbettes: 120 mm (5 in) Bulkheads: 120 mm (4.7 in)

Victorieuse (Victorious) was the second ship of the La Galissonnière class of wooden-hulled, armored corvettes built for the French Navy during the 1870s. Her construction was delayed for years and the navy took advantage of the extended construction time to upgrade her armament in comparison to the lead ship, La Galissonnière. Unlike her sisters, Victorieuse did not see any combat although she participated in the pacification of the Marquesas Islands in 1880. She was condemned in 1900.