French ship Ulm (1854)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Ulm.

1/40th-scale model of the 100-gun Hercule, lead ship of Ulm ' class, on display at the Musée national de la Marine.
History
France
Name	Ulm
Namesake	Battle of Ulm
Builder	Rochefort
Laid down	13 July 1825
Launched	13 May 1854
Stricken	25 November 1867
Fate	Scrapped 1890
General characteristics
Class and type	Hercule class
Displacement	4,440 tonnes
Length	62.50
Beam	16.20
Draught	8.23
Sail plan	3,150 m2 of sails
Complement	955 men
Armament	100 guns, including: 32 × 30-pounder long guns (lower deck) 30 × 30-pounder short guns (upper deck) 30 30-pounder carronades (open deck) 4 × 18-pounder long guns (open deck)
Armour	timber

Ulm was a 100-gun Hercule-class ship of the line of the French Navy. She was transformed into a steam and sail ship while on keel and launched as an 82-gun ship.

Service history

Ordered as Lys under the absolute monarchy of Charles X, the ship, still under construction, was renamed Ulm on 9 August 1830, following the July Revolution. She was transformed into a sail and steam ship, receiving an Indret engine, and was eventually launched in 1854.

She served in the Black Sea during the Crimean War and took part in the Battle of Kinburn. From July 1857, she was part of the squadron of Toulon. She transferred to Brest in 1860 for engine trials, and to Cherbourg in June 1862.

From September 1862, she served in the French intervention in Mexico. She returned to Brest on 3 January 1863.

Struck in 1867, she was used as a coaling hulk in Brest before being eventually broken up in 1890.

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 266. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
• 100-guns ships of the line