French ship Redoutable (1855)

History
France
Name: Redoutable
Builder: Rochefort. Plans by Henri Dupuy de Lôme [1]
Laid down: 4 March 1853 [1]
Launched: 25 October 1855 [1]
Commissioned: 26 March 1857 [1]
Struck: 15 November 1869 [1]
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:
Speed: 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement: 340 men
Armament:
  • 4 138mm guns
  • 4 revolver guns
  • 2 37mm guns
Armour: timber

The Redoutable was a 90-gun Algésiras-class steam ship of the line of the French Navy.

Career

Redoutable took part in the Second Italian War of Independence under Captain Vincent Moulac. In 1860, she served off Beirut with Donawerth. [1]

She was decommissioned in 1865, was hulked in Brest and used as barracks until she was broken up in 1874. [1]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

    Citations

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Roche, vol.1, p.373

    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.
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