French ship Tourville (1853)
For other ships with the same name, see French ship Tourville.
 The Duquesne, sister-ship of Tourville. drawing by Louis Le Breton | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name: | Tourville |
| Namesake: | Anne Hilarion de Tourville |
| Builder: | Brest [1] |
| Laid down: | 26 August 1847 [1] |
| Launched: | 31 October 1853 [1] |
| Out of service: | 12 August 1872 [1] |
| Fate: | scrapped [1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Tourville-class ship of the line |
| Displacement: | 4400 tonnes |
| Length: | 61.40 m (201.4 ft) |
| Beam: | 16.69 m (54.8 ft) [2] |
| Draught: | 7.23 m (23.7 ft)[2] |
| Propulsion: |
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| Armament: | 90 guns |
| Armour: | Timber |
The Tourville was a 90-gun sail and steam ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.
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
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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