French ship Arcole (1855)

History
France
Name	Arcole
Namesake	Battle of Arcole
Ordered	1853
Builder	Toulon. Plans by Henri Dupuy de Lôme
Laid down	4 March 1853
Launched	20 May 1855
Commissioned	September 1856
Stricken	11 April 1970
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 Arcole was a 90-gun Algésiras-class steam ship of the line of the French Navy.

Career

Arcole was the second of production ship built on the principles of the "fast ship of the line" pionnered by Napoléon. She took the place of the 130-gun Desaix, of the Bretagne type, when the latter was cancelled.

She took part in the Second Italian War of Independence, and was broken in 1872. ^[1]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Roche, vol.1, p.46

References

Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 46. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

[roche46-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Roche, vol.1, p.46

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