For other ships of the same name, see French ship Tourville.
| French ship Tourville (1853) | |
|---|---|
 The Duquesne, sister-ship of Tourville. drawing by Louis Le Breton | |
| Career (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 & 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[]
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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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