French ship Ville de Lyon (1861)

History
France
Name	Ville de Lyon
Namesake	Lyon
Builder	Brest
Laid down	30 March 1855
Launched	26 February 1861
Decommissioned	28 June 1883
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	Up to 2,730 m2 (29,400 sq ft) of sails Mangin steam engine, one propeller
Crew	490
Armament	14 × 30-pounder riffled guns 48 × 30-pounder smooth-bore guns 16 × 24-pounder howitzers
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.

Notes, citations, and references

References

• Jones, Colin (1996). "Entente Cordiale, 1865". In McLean, David; Preston, Antony (eds.). Warship 1996. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-685-X. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editorlink2= ignored (|editor-link2= suggested) (help)
• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 469. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.