French ship Turenne (1854)

Turenne was a late 100-gun Hercule-class ship of the line of the French Navy, transformed into a Sail and Steam ship.

1/40th-scale model of the 100-gun Hercule, lead ship of Turenne 's class, on display at the Musée national de la Marine.
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameTurenne[1]
NamesakeHenri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne
BuilderRochefort [1]
Laid down13 June 1827 [1]
Launched15 April 1854 [1]
Stricken25 November 1867 [1]
FateScrapped 1887
General characteristics
Class and typeHercule class
Displacement4440 tonnes
Length62.50
Beam16.20
Draught8.23
Sail plan3150 m² of sails
Complement955 men
Armament
Armourtimber

Service history

Soon after her commissioning, Turenne was used as a troopship in the Crimean War. Transformed into a steam and sail ship in 1858 and 1859, she conducted trials in 1860 and served during the French intervention in Mexico.[1]

Put in ordinary from 1862, she was decommissioned in 1867 and used as a coaling hulk in Brest from 1869. She was eventually broken up around 1887.[1]

Citations

  1. Roche, vol.1, p.450

References

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 450. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • 100-guns ships of the line
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