The
Algésiras-class ships were repeats of the pioneering ship of the line and were also designed by
naval architect Henri Dupuy de Lôme. They had a length at the
waterline of , a
beam of and a depth of
hold of . The ships
displaced and had a
draught of at
deep load. Their crew numbered 913 officers and
ratings. The primary difference between
Napoléon and the
Algésiras class was that the boilers of the latter ships were moved forward of the engines. They were powered by a pair of four-cylinder
horizontal-return connecting-rod steam engines that drove the single
propeller shaft using steam provided by eight
boilers. The engines were rated at 910
nominal horsepower and produced . The ships were fitted with three
masts and
ship rigged. The armament of the
Algésiras-class ships consisted of eighteen 36-pounder ()
smoothbore cannon and sixteen
Paixhans guns on the lower
gundeck and thirty-four 30-pounder cannon on the upper gundeck. On the
quarterdeck and
forecastle were twenty Paixhans guns and a pair of 163 mm
rifled muzzle-loading guns. == Career ==