French ship Borda (1864)
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| File:Borda ex-Intrépide Bougault.jpg The Borda as a school ship | |
| Career (France) |  |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Jean-Charles de Borda |
| Ordered: | 1853 |
| Builder: | Rochefort. Plans by Dupuy de Lôme |
| Laid down: | 2 September 1853 |
| Launched: | 17 September 1864 |
| Christened: | Intrépide |
| Decommissioned: | 1887 |
| Renamed: | Borda in 1890 |
| Reclassified: | School ship, 1890 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Algésiras class ship of the line |
| Displacement: | 5160 tonnes |
| Length: | 71,6 m |
| Beam: | 16,8 m |
| Draught: | 8,1 m |
| Propulsion: |
Sail (2010 m²) |
| Speed: | 12 knots |
| Complement: | 340 men |
| Armament: |
4 138mm guns |
| Armour: | timber |
The Borda was a 90-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
She was built from 1853 to 1863 in Rochefort as Intrépide. By the time she was completed, technology has elvolved so much that she was already obsolete, and she had to be transformed before she was launched. She was thus converted to mixed propulsion.
In 1866-67, she ferried the French expeditionary corps from Mexico back home. She took part in the capture of Sfax on 16 July 1881, and was put in the reserve in 1887.
In 1890, she was reinstated as school ship for the École Navale.
References
- Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom de Borda, netmarine.net
- Jean-Michel Roche, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, tome I
