French ship Ville de Nantes

Launching of Ville de Nantes, by Louis Le Breton
History
France
Name:	Ville de Nantes
Namesake:	Nantes
Builder:	Cherbourg[1]
Laid down:	20 June 1854[1]
Launched:	7 August 1858 [1]
Decommissioned:	1828 [1]
In service:	1862
General characteristics
Class and type:	Ville de Nantes-class ship of the line
Displacement:	5150 tonnes
Length:	71.7 metres (235 ft)
Beam:	16.8 metres (55 ft 1 in)
Draught:	8.0 metres (26.2 ft)
Propulsion:	Up to 2,730 m^2 (29,400 sq ft) of sails Mangin steam engine, one propeller
Crew:	490
Armament:	14 × 30-pounder riffled guns 48 × 30-pounder smooth-bore guns 16 × 24-pounder howitzers
Armour:	Timber

Ville de Nantes was a late 90-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.

Career

Ville de Nantes conducted trials in 1860 until, in December, she was used as a transport to ferry troops to Brest. Her engine having broke down, she conducted repairs until July 1861, after which she conducted trials until 1862. ^[1]

After the Paris Commune, Ville de Nantes was used as a prison hulk in Cherbourg. She was eventually broken up in 1887. ^[1]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

Citations

1. Roche, vol.1, p.469

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 469. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.