French ship Tilsitt (1854)
The Tilsitt was a 90-gun Ship of the line of the French Navy. She was the second ship in French service named in honour of the Treaties of Tilsit.
 1/20th scale model of Suffren, lead ship of Tilsitt's class, on display at the Musée national de la Marine | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Tilsitt |
| Namesake | Treaties of Tilsit |
| Builder | Cherbourg [1] |
| Laid down | 2 March 1832 [1] |
| Launched | 30 March 1854 [1] |
| Stricken | 22 July 1872 [1] |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Suffren class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 4 070 tonnes |
| Length | 60.50 m (198.5 ft) |
| Beam | 16.28 m (53.4 ft) |
| Draught | 7.40 m (24.3 ft) |
| Propulsion | 3114 m² of sails |
| Complement | 810 to 846 men |
| Armament |
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| Armour | 6.97 cm of timber |
Career
Started as Diadème, Tilsitt was transformed into a steam and sail ship of the line while still on keel. She took part in the Crimean War and in the French intervention in Mexico before becoming a prison hulk for prisoners of the Paris Commune.[1]
From 1873, she replaced Fleurus as the hulk serving as headquarters to the French naval division of Indochina in Saigon.[1]
Citations
- Roche, vol.1, p.439
References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 439. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- 90-guns ships-of-the-line
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