French ship Duguay-Trouin (1854)

Duguay-Trouin was a late 100-gun Hercule-class ship of the line of the French Navy, transformed into a Sail and Steam ship.

Watercolour portrait of Duguay-Trouin, by François Roux
History
France
Name: Duguay-Trouin[1]
Namesake: René Duguay-Trouin
Builder: Lorient [1]
Laid down: 17 September 1827 [1]
Launched: 29 March 1854 [1]
Stricken: 22 July 1872 [1]
Fate: Scrapped 1877
General characteristics
Class and type: Hercule class
Displacement: 4440 tonnes
Length: 62.50 metres
Beam: 16.20 metres
Draught: 8.23 metres
Sail plan: 3150 m² of sails
Complement: 955 men
Armament:
Armour: timber

Service history

Started in 1827 as a 100-gun sailing ship, Duguay-Trouin, still unfinished, was transformed on keel from 1856. In 1860 she sailed to New Caledonia and became the first steam ship to cross Cape Horn.[1]

From 1863, she was decommissioned and served as hospital from 1867 before becoming a prison hulk for prisoners of the Paris Commune. She was renamed Vétéran in the 1870s, and was broken up around 1877.[1]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

    Citations

    1. Roche, vol.1, p.162

    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.
    • 100-guns ships of the line
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