French ship Navarin (1854)

Navarin was a late 100-gun Hercule-class ship of the line of the French Navy, transformed into a Sail and Steam ship.

1/40th-scale model of the 100-gun Hercule, lead ship of Navarin 's class, on display at the Musée national de la Marine.
History
France
Name: Navarin[1]
Namesake: Battle of Navarino
Builder: Toulon [1]
Laid down: May 1832 [1]
Launched: 26 July 1854 [1]
Stricken: 13 July 1886 [1]
Fate: Scrapped 1908
General characteristics
Class and type: Hercule class
Displacement: 4440 tonnes
Length: 62.50
Beam: 16.20
Draught: 8.23
Sail plan: 3150 m² of sails
Complement: 955 men
Armament:
Armour: timber

Service history

Navarin was used as a troopship in the Crimean War before becoming a schoolship in 1862. In 1873, her engine was removed and she became a sailing transport for prisoners sent in deportation in New Caledonia.[1]

She became a hulk in Brest in 1887 and was eventually broken up in 1908.[1]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

    Citations

    1. Roche, vol.1, p.322

    References

    • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 322. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
    • 100-guns ships of the line
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