The Magenta was a French ironclad and namesake of the Magenta class , to which otherwise only the Solférino belonged. The Magenta sank on October 31, 1875 after a fire broke out on board.
The Magenta was on June 22 in 1859 by the Naval Arsenal in Brest on keel laid. Exactly two years later the ship was launched . The commissioning took place on January 2, 1862.
On September 18, 1875, the ship with Admiral Pierre-Gustave Roze met the French evolutionary squadron for exercises in Algiers . On October 31, the Admiralschiff sank in the roadstead at Toulon after a fire that broke out at 1 a.m., could not be extinguished in time and led to the powder chamber exploding at around 3:30 a.m. The team was able to save itself in time, so that, according to initial reports, there were only slightly injured. However, six missing crew members are reported in later newspaper articles. According to the Journal officiel of November 9th, Joseph-Marie Hamon (gunner), Pierre-Josepf Etienne (fusilier), Esprit-Eugene Le Duc (stoker), Francois-Marie Le Bail (fusilier), Michel-Joseph Gorphe and Michel were absent from the roll call Burdened (sailors).
Statue of Sabine (Louvre, Paris); on the right the face piece blackened by the fire
46 boxes with Phoenician artefacts (including 2083 inscriptions) sank with the ship , some of which could only be recovered by divers. In April 1994 the wreck was rediscovered (position 43 ° 6 '50 " N , 5 ° 55' 34" E, coordinates: 43 ° 6 '50 " N , 5 ° 55' 34" E ). Between 1995 and 1997 the head and many parts of a statue of Vibia Sabina were found .
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