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Napoléon

Napoléon

Survived

French Navy

TypeShip of the line
WarCrimean War
Main guns90 guns

The first ship of the line designed from the start as a steamship, by Dupuy de Lôme. Damaged at Sevastopol.

The Napoléon Photo: Louis Le Breton, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 90 guns
  • (32–30 pdr,4–22 cm)
  • (26–30 pdr,4–22 cm)
  • (14–16 cm)
BuilderToulon
Laid down7 February 1848
Launched16 May 1850
Commissioned1 May 1852
Displacement5,120 tonnes
Length77.8 m (255 ft 3 in)
Speed12.1 knots (22.4 km/h; 13.9 mph)
Complement910 men

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

16 May 1850

17 October 1854

Fate

Survived

Broken up 1886