Hoche (ship)
Painting from the launch
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The Hoche was an ironclad of the French Navy, named after the revolutionary officer Lazare Hoche . It was based on the Amiral-Baudin class , but had already been heavily modified in the planning stage, so that it is regarded as a separate class of ship. The Hoche was sunk in 1913 as a practice target.
history
Planning and construction
construction
While the Amiral Baudin class had three individual 370 mm L / 28 guns Modèle 1875 in armored structures along the longitudinal axis of the ships on deck, the Hoche received two 340 mm L / 28 guns Modèle 1881, each one on the foredeck and one aft, which were erected in cylindrical towers. These towers, in turn, were framed by the partially armored superstructure, which extended from main gun to main gun over the ship and towered several stories high. In the middle of the ship, balcony-like structures were mounted on the sides of the superstructure, in each of which a 274 mm L / 28 gun was set up. The contemporary gun deck with nine 138 cm L / 45 cannons, which were installed behind gun ports on each side, was located in the hull just above the waterline.
Collision and remodeling
The ship was put into service in 1890, but quickly proved to be too heavy . On July 7, 1892, the Hoche rammed the 75-meter-long passenger ship Maréchal Canrobert off Marseille . The civil ship coming from Algeria sank within eight minutes. Five people died.
The Hoche was sent to the shipyard for overhaul in 1898. She received new boilers, partly new guns and their superstructures were reduced in size to save weight and make the ship more stable.
The End
On November 25, 1913, the ship was sunk as a training target.
Web links
- "Hoche" technical data and photos at battleships-cruisers.co.uk
- "FRA Hoche" technical data at navalhistory.flixco.info (engl.)
Footnotes
- ^ "SS Maréchal Canrobert († 1892)" wrecksite.eu