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French ship Fontenoy (1858)

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1900 Rade de Brest
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameFontenoy
NamesakeBattle of Fontenoy
BuilderToulon [1]
Laid downJuly 1827 [1]
Launched2 December 1858 [1]
In service1860 [1]
Stricken10 February 1892 [1]
FateScrapped 1911
General characteristics
Class and typeSuffren class ship of the line
Displacement4 070 tonnes
Length60.50 m (198.5 ft)
Beam16.28 m (53.4 ft)
Draught7.40 m (24.3 ft)
Propulsion3114 m2 of sails
Complement810 to 846 men
Armament
Armour6.97 cm of timber

The Fontenoy was a 90-gun Suffren-class Ship of the line of the French Navy. She was the only in French service named in honour of Battle of Fontenoy.

Career

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She was part of the Toulons squadron until 1871, when she was converted into a prison hulk for prisoners of the Paris Commune.[1]

In 1878, her engines were removed and she became a transport. Her name changed to Bretagne and she was used as a boys' school ship for the École des mousses.[1]

She was eventually decommissioned in 1892 and broken up in 1911.[1]

Citations

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Roche, vol.1, p.206

References

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  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. Roche. p. 206. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • 90-guns ships-of-the-line