Tonnante

Tonnante was a Dévastation-class ironclad floating battery of the French Navy that served during the 19th century. The Dévastation class were designed in response to the needs of the Crimea War. The ships were armed with sixteen 30-pounder 194 mm (7.6 in) guns and protected by armor belt that was 110 mm (4.3 in) thick. They were underpowered and able to attain less than 4 knots in service. Launched in 1855, Tonnante was towed to the battlefield by paddle frigate Darien and participated in the Battle of Kinburn, shelling a Russian fortress on the Kinburn Spit. Despite taking 55 hits from the defenders' guns, the ship only suffered with nine sailors injured. The fortress surrendered and the action encouraged the development of ironclads in navies across the world. Subsequently, the warship served in a siege flotilla in the Second Italian War of Independence in 1859, where the presence of the ships proved sufficient to deter the Austro-Hungarian Navy from taking part in the conflict. Tonnante was broken up from 1872.

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1855  Wikimedia, Wikidata
length 53.02 metre, beam 2.66 metre, 
floating battery, French Navy, Brest Arsenal, 

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Frameless

DevastationClassCrimeanWinter1855-1856

La batterie flottante La Tonnante

Retour de la reconnaissance du Commandant Dupré de la Tonnante

La batterie flottante La Tonnante extrait

Reconnaisance operee sur glace, dans le liman, par le commandant Dupeu, de la Tonnante - L'Illustration 1856-02-23 (cropped)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		DevastationClassCrimeanWinter1855-1856		Commons
commons	image		La batterie flottante La Tonnante		Commons
commons	image		Retour de la reconnaissance du Commandant Dupré de la Tonnante		Commons
commons	image		La batterie flottante La Tonnante extrait		Commons
commons	image		Reconnaisance operee sur glace, dans le liman, par le commandant Dupeu, de la Tonnante - L'Illustration 1856-02-23 (cropped)		Commons