French ship Arcole (1855)
The Arcole was a 90-gun Algésiras-class steam ship of the line of the French Navy.
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| Name: | Arcole |
| Namesake: | Battle of Arcole |
| Ordered: | 1853 |
| Builder: | Toulon. Plans by Henri Dupuy de Lôme [1] |
| Laid down: | 4 March 1853 [1] |
| Launched: | 20 May 1855 [1] |
| Commissioned: | September 1856 [1] |
| Struck: | 11 April 1870 [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) |
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| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement: | 340 men |
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| Armour: | timber |
Career
Arcole was the second of production ship built on the principles of the "fast ship of the line" pioneered 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 up in 1872.[1]
Notes, citations, and references
Notes
Citations
- 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.
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