French ship Bretagne (1855)
| File:Bretagne 1859 7154.jpg The Bretagne, painting by Jules Achille Noël, National Maritime Museum, London. | |
| Career (France) |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Brest arsenal |
| Laid down: | January 1853 |
| Launched: | 17 February 1855 |
| Commissioned: | 1855 |
| In service: | 1855 |
| Struck: | 1879 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1880 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5289 tonnes, 6875 tonnes full charge |
| Length: | 81 metres (at the water line) |
| Beam: | 18.08 metres |
| Draught: | 8.56 m |
| Propulsion: | Indret steam engine, 8 boilers, 4800 shp, 1 propeler |
| Speed: | 12.6 knots |
| Boats and landing craft carried: | 1 13 metre boat, one 11.5 metre boat, 4 10.5 metre boats, 1 8 metre boat, 4 whaleboat, 2 dinghies |
| Capacity: | up to 1800 passengers |
| Complement: | 1170 men |
| Armament: |
Original: 130 guns |
| Armour: | timber |
The Bretagne was a fast 130-gun three-decker of the French Navy, designed by engineer Marielle. She was built after the Napoléon, and was fitted with a steam engine while under construction, though she had been laid down as a sail ship.
She took part in the Crimean War in 1854 and 1855.
From 1866, she was used as barracks. She was renamed to Ville de Bordeaux in 1880. She was scrapped the same year.
External links
- Jean-Michel Roche, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, tome I
- Bretagne
