Magenta-class ironclad

The Magenta class was a class of two broadside ironclads of the French Navy.

The type was designed by Dupuy de Lôme. The ships carried 50 guns in broadside. They were the only ironclad two-deckers ever built, and the first ironclad to feature a naval ram.

Ships

 * FRENCH IRONCLAD Magenta, launched 1861, destroyed by explosion 1875
 * FRENCH IRONCLAD Solférino, launched 1861, struck 1882