French ship Wagram (1854)

Wagram 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 Wagram 's class, on display at the Musée national de la Marine.
History
France
Name: Wagram[1]
Namesake: Battle of Wagram
Builder: Lorient [1]
Laid down: 22 August 1833 [1]
Launched: 12 June 1854 [1]
Stricken: 1867 [1]
Fate: Sunk as Target April 29 1867
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:
Armour: timber

Service history

Started as Bucentaure, Wagram took part in the Crimean War and in the Battle of Kinburn. In 1862, she served in the French intervention in Mexico.[1]

On 29 April 1867, she was sunk as a target for torpedo trials.[1]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

    Citations

    1. Roche, vol.1, p.475

    References

    • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 475. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
    • 100-guns ships of the line
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