| 词条 | French ironclad Marceau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marceau was an ironclad turret ship built for the French Navy during the 1880s, the lead ship of her class. She served in the Mediterranean Squadron until 1900, when she was rebuilt and subsequently placed in reserve. She returned to service in 1906 as a torpedo training ship. During World War I, she served in Malta and Corfu as a submarine tender. The old ironclad was sold for scrapping in 1920, and while being towed to Toulon, she ran aground in a gale off Bizerte and became stranded. The wreck remained visible there until the 1930s. DesignMarceau had an overall length of {{convert|101.6|m|ftin|sp=us}} and was {{convert|98.6|m|ftin|sp=us}} long between perpendiculars. She had a beam of {{convert|20.23|m|ftin|abbr=on}} and a draft up to {{convert|8.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}}. She displaced {{convert|10850|t|LT}}. The ship was powered by a pair of vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, using steam provided by eight coal-fired cylindrical boilers that were trunked into a single large funnel. The engines were designed to reach {{convert|12000|PS|lk=in}} and propel the ship at a top speed of {{convert|16.5|kn|lk=in}}, but they only managed {{convert|11169|PS}} and {{convert|16.194|kn}} on the ship's sea trials.[1] Marceau had a range of {{convert|4000|nmi|lk=in}} at a speed of {{convert|10|kn}}.[2] She had a crew of 643–651 officers and enlisted men.[2]The ship was armed with a main battery of two {{convert|340|mm|sp=us|adj=on|1}} M1881 28-caliber guns and two slightly newer M1884 guns of the same caliber.{{#tag:ref|Gille says that all four guns were M1884 types.[3]|group=Note}} These weapons were mounted in individual barbettes in a "lozenge" arrangement, with one gun forward, one aft, and two amidships.[2] The secondary battery consisted of sixteen {{convert|138.6|mm|abbr=on}} M1884 quick-firing (QF) guns, all firing through unarmored embrasures in the hull.[3] Marceau{{'}}s light armament varies widely between sources: Chesneau & Kolesnik give a range of three to six {{convert|65|mm|abbr=on|1}} {{convert|65|mm|in|abbr=on}} guns, nine to eighteen {{convert|47|mm|abbr=on}} 3-pounder guns, eight to twelve {{convert|37|mm|abbr=on|1}} 1-pounder five-barrel Hotchkiss revolving cannon, and three to five {{convert|450|mm|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes in deck-mounted launchers;[2] naval historian Eric Gille gives four to seven {{convert|65|mm|in|abbr=on}} guns, nine to twelve 47 mm guns, eight 37 mm guns and five to six torpedo tubes, all above water;[4] naval historian Paul Silverstone says six 65 mm guns, twelve 47 mm guns and five torpedo tubes.[5] The ship's compound armor[2]{{#tag:ref|Gille says that the armor was plain steel.[1]|group=Note}} belt was {{convert|450|mm|abbr=on|1}} thick amidships and reduced to {{convert|300|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} at the stern and {{convert|230|mm|abbr=on|1}}. The barbettes were also 450 mm thick.[1] The conning tower was protected by {{convert|120|mm|abbr=on}} of armor plating and the deck was {{convert|80|mm|1|abbr=on}} thick.[5] Service historyMarceau was ordered in October 1880, but was not laid down until 27 January 1882 at the Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée shipyard in La Seyne-sur-Mer.[6] Work proceeded slowly, and she was not launched until April 1890.[2] This was a result of the influence of Admiral Théophile Aube, who was the Minister of Marine in 1886–87; Aube was a staunch advocate of the so-called Jeune École and opposed new battleship construction. Fitting out work was completed much more quickly, however, and she was commissioned into the French fleet on 14 March 1891.[6] After her commissioning, she joined a French fleet that visited Kronstadt and was inspected by Czar Alexander III of Russia. On the return voyage, the fleet stopped in Spithead, where Queen Victoria reviewed the ships. This turned out to be the only time Marceau operated in the Atlantic; after returning to France, she was assigned to the Mediterranean Squadron, where she remained for the duration of her career.[7]In 1895, Marceau and the ironclads Courbet, Amiral Baudin, and Formidable all nearly ran aground off Hyères; Marceau and three tugs used to tow Amiral Baudin back to port.[18] During the 1897 fleet gunnery trials, which saw the first use of a new system of centralized fire control in the French fleet, Marceau, her sister Neptune, and the new battleship Brennus all achieved more than 25 percent hits at ranges of between {{convert|3000|yd|abbr=on}} and {{convert|4000|yd|abbr=on}}.[8] On 30 August 1900, Marceau returned to La Seyne for a major reconstruction.[18] Her heavy military masts were cut down, her engines were modernized[1] and her boilers were replaced with 16 Niclausse boilers.[2] Another 138.6 mm gun was installed in the bow under the forecastle. The work was completed in May 1902, and Marceau underwent a series of sea trials for the remainder of the year. She did not return to active service with the fleet, however, and was placed in reserve at Toulon. In 1906, she was converted into a training ship for torpedo operators in Toulon.[9] After the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, Marceau was converted into a floating workshop to support torpedo boats and submarines. She was initially based in Malta, but was later moved to Corfu and then to Bizerte in 1918.[9] She was stricken from the naval register on 1 October 1920,[10] and sold to a shipbreaking firm based in Toulon in 1921. While she was being towed to Toulon, a storm caused her to run aground off Bizerte. She remained visible there until the 1930s.[9] Notes1. ^1 2 3 Gille, p. 66 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 Chesneau & Kolesnik, p. 292 3. ^1 Gille, p. 68 4. ^Gille, pp. 66, 69 5. ^1 2 Silverstone, p. 75 6. ^1 Feron, p. 71 7. ^Feron, pp. 71–72 8. ^Ropp, pp. 300–301 9. ^1 2 3 4 Feron, p. 72 10. ^Silverstone, p. 105 Footnotes{{Reflist|2}}Bibliography
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