French ship Duguay-Trouin (1854)
Duguay-Trouin was a late 100-gun Hercule-class ship of the line of the French Navy, transformed into a Sail and Steam ship.
 Watercolour portrait of Duguay-Trouin, by François Roux | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Duguay-Trouin[1] |
| Namesake | René Duguay-Trouin |
| Builder | Lorient [1] |
| Laid down | 17 September 1827 [1] |
| Launched | 29 March 1854 [1] |
| Stricken | 22 July 1872 [1] |
| Fate | Scrapped 1877 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Hercule class |
| Displacement | 4440 tonnes |
| Length | 62.50 metres |
| Beam | 16.20 metres |
| Draught | 8.23 metres |
| Sail plan | 3150 m² of sails |
| Complement | 955 men |
| Armament |
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| Armour | timber |
Service history
Started in 1827 as a 100-gun sailing ship, Duguay-Trouin, still unfinished, was transformed on keel from 1856. In 1860 she sailed to New Caledonia and became the first steam ship to cross Cape Horn.[1]
From 1863, she was decommissioned and served as hospital from 1867 before becoming a prison hulk for prisoners of the Paris Commune. She was renamed Vétéran in the 1870s, and was broken up around 1877.[1]
Citations
- Roche, vol.1, p.162
References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 162. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- 100-guns ships of the line
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