French ship Algésiras (1855)

	Algésiras used as a school ship
History
France
Name	Algésiras
Namesake	Battle of Algeciras
Ordered	1853
Builder	Toulon. Plans by Henri Dupuy de Lôme
Laid down	March 1853
Launched	March 1855
Commissioned	September 1856
Stricken	25 November 1906
General characteristics
Class and type	Algésiras class ship of the line
Displacement	5160 tonnes
Length	71.6 m (235 ft)
Beam	16.8 m (55 ft)
Draught	8.1 m (27 ft)
Propulsion	Sail (2010 m²); 3604 HP 8-boiler steam engine;
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	340 men
Armament	4 138mm guns; 4 revolver guns; 2 37mm guns;
Armour	timber

The Algésiras was a 90-gun steam ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class. She was the first production ship built on the principles of the "fast ship of the line" pioneered by Napoléon.

Career

In 1859, she took part in the blockade of Venice and various operations in the Mediterranean.^[1]

She was decommissioned in 1865 and used as a transport. She was later used as a school ship.^[1]

On 25 November 1906, she was destroyed in Toulon by an accidental fire.^[1]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Roche, vol.1, p.34

References

Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 34. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

[roche34-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Roche, vol.1, p.34

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