French ship Tourville (1853)

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The Bombardment of Sveaborg, 9 August 1855 by John Wilson Carmichael.jpg
Tourville (third from the left) at the Bombardment of Sveaborg, 9 August 1855 by John Wilson Carmichael
History
France
NameTourville
NamesakeAnne Hilarion de Tourville
BuilderBrest [1]
Laid down26 August 1847 [1]
Launched31 October 1853 [1]
Out of service12 August 1872 [1]
FateScrapped 1878[1]
General characteristics
Class and type ship of the line
Tons burthen4,400 tonnes
Length61.40 m (201.4 ft)
Beam16.69 m (54.8 ft)[2]
Draught7.23 m (23.7 ft)[2]
Propulsion
  • Sail
  • Steam engine, 650 hp (485 kW)
Armament90 guns
ArmourTimber

Tourville was a 90-gun sail and steam ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of .

Career[]

She took part in the Baltic theatre of the Crimean War, shelling Sweaborg on 10 August 1855.[1] She later took part in the French Intervention in Mexico as a troop ship.[1]

Put in ordinary in 1864, she was hulked in Cherbourg in 1871 to serve as a prison for survivors of the Paris Commune. Struck the next year, she was renamed to Nestor and eventually broken up in 1878.[1]

Notes, citations, and references[]

Notes[]

Citations[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Roche, vol.1, p.443
  2. ^ a b Sail ships of the line (3rd class, 80-90 guns)

References[]

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 443. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • 90-guns ships-of-the-line
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