French ship Alexandre (1857)

Portrait of Alexandre as a gunnery school ship, her engine removed after 1873. by François Roux.
History
France
Name: Alexandre
Namesake: Alexander the Great
Builder: Rochefort [1]
Laid down: 30 May 1848 [1]
Launched: 27 March 1857 [1]
Struck: 22 February 1877 [1]
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type: Suffren class ship of the line
Displacement: 4 070 tonnes
Length: 60.50 m (198.5 ft)
Beam: 16.28 m (53.4 ft)
Draught: 7.40 m (24.3 ft)
Propulsion: 3114 m² of sails
Complement: 810 to 846 men
Armament:
Armour: 6.97 cm of timber

The Alexandre was a 90-gun Suffren-class Ship of the line of the French Navy. She was the ninth ship in French service named in honour of Alexander the Great.

Career

Designed to be a sailing ship of the line, Alexandre was converted to a steam and sail ship while on keel and served in Italy during the Italian unification. In 1873, her engine was removed and she became a gunnery school ship. She was eventually scrapped in 1900.[1]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

    Citations

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 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. 162. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
    • 90-guns ships-of-the-line
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