Jump to content

French ship Breslaw (1848)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1/20th scale model of Suffren, lead ship of Breslaw's class, on display at the Musée national de la Marine
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameBreslaw
NamesakeWrocław
BuilderBrest [1]
Laid down26 May 1827 [1]
Launched21 July 1848 [1]
Stricken22 July 1872 [1]
FateScrapped 1886
General characteristics
Class and typeSuffren-class ship of the line
Displacement4070 tonnes
Length60.50 m (198.5 ft)
Beam16.28 m (53.4 ft)
Draught7.40 m (24.3 ft)
Propulsion3,114 m2 (33,520 sq ft) of sails
Complement810 to 846 men
Armament
Armour6.97 cm of timber

Breslaw was a 90-gun Suffren-class ship of the line of the French Navy. She was the twenty-second ship in French service named in honour of Louis IX of France.

Career

[edit]

Started as Achille, the ship was renamed Saint Louis in 1839. She took part in the Crimean War as a troop ship, and served in the French intervention in Mexico in 1862.[1]

She was used as a prison hulk for prisoners of the Paris Commune, then as an ammunition store, and was eventually broken up in 1886.[1]

Citations

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d e f Roche, vol.1, p.85

References

[edit]
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. JMR. Jean-Michel Roche. p. 85. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
[edit]