French ship Navarin (1854)

Navarin was a late 100-gun Hercule-class ship of the line of the French Navy, transformed into a Sail and Steam ship.

1/40th-scale model of the 100-gun Hercule, lead ship of Navarin 's class, on display at the Musée national de la Marine.
History
France
Name:	Navarin[1]
Namesake:	Battle of Navarino
Builder:	Toulon [1]
Laid down:	May 1832 [1]
Launched:	26 July 1854 [1]
Stricken:	13 July 1886 [1]
Fate:	Scrapped 1908
General characteristics
Class and type:	Hercule class
Displacement:	4440 tonnes
Length:	62.50
Beam:	16.20
Draught:	8.23
Sail plan:	3150 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

Service history

Navarin was used as a troopship in the Crimean War before becoming a schoolship in 1862. In 1873, her engine was removed and she became a sailing transport for prisoners sent in deportation in New Caledonia.[1]

She became a hulk in Brest in 1887 and was eventually broken up in 1908.[1]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

Citations

1. Roche, vol.1, p.322

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 322. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
• 100-guns ships of the line