French ship Ville de Lyon (1861)
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Name | Ville de Lyon |
Namesake | Lyon |
Builder | Brest[1] |
Laid down | 30 March 1855[1] |
Launched | 26 February 1861 [1] |
Decommissioned | 28 June 1883 [1] |
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 |
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Crew | 490 |
Armament |
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Armour | Timber |
Ville de Lyon was a Ville de Nantes-class 90-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
Career
Ville de Lyon conducted trials in 1861 before being put in ordinary in 1862. She took part in the French intervention in Mexico, and upon her return to France, became a schoolship in Brest. She returned to Mexico in 1866 to ferry an infantry regiment back to France.
After the Paris Commune, Ville de Lyon was used as a prison hulk in Brest. Struck in 1879, she was broken up in 1894. [1]
Notes, citations, and references
Notes
Citations
References
- Jones, Colin (1996). "Entente Cordiale, 1865". In McLean, David; Preston, Antony (eds.). Warship 1996. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-685-X.
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