French ship Arcole (1855)
| History | |
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 France | |
| Name: | Arcole |
| Namesake: | Battle of Arcole |
| Ordered: | 1853 |
| Builder: | Toulon. Plans by Henri Dupuy de Lôme [1] |
| Laid down: | 4 March 1853 [1] |
| Launched: | 20 May 1855 [1] |
| Commissioned: | September 1856 [1] |
| Struck: | 11 April 1970 [1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Algésiras class ship of the line |
| Displacement: | 5160 tonnes |
| Length: | 71.6 m (235 ft) |
| Beam: | 16.8 m (55 ft) |
| Draught: | 8.1 m (27 ft) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement: | 340 men |
| Armament: |
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| Armour: | timber |
The Arcole was a 90-gun Algésiras-class steam ship of the line of the French Navy.
Career
Arcole was the second of production ship built on the principles of the "fast ship of the line" pionnered by Napoléon. She took the place of the 130-gun Desaix, of the Bretagne type, when the latter was cancelled.
She took part in the Second Italian War of Independence, and was broken in 1872. [1]
Notes, citations, and references
Notes
Citations
References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 46. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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