French ship Eylau (1856)
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The Eylau as a hulk in Toulon (foreground)
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France | |
Name: | Eylau |
Namesake: | Battle of Eylau |
Laid down: | 5 July 1853 |
Launched: | 15 May 1856 |
Commissioned: | 8 March 1857 |
Struck: | 22 February 1877 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Hercule class, converted fast screw ship of the line |
Length: | 68.72 m (225.5 ft) |
Beam: | 16.80 m (55.1 ft) |
Depth of hold: | 8.16 m (26.8 ft) |
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Complement: | 913 |
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The Eylau was a converted fast screw ship of the line of the French Navy.
Started as a 100-gun Hercule class ship of the line, Eylau was ordered converted to mixed propulsion in 1852, even before her keel was laid.
She was used as a hulk in Toulon, and broken up in 1905.
References
- Converted fast screw ship of the line (2nd class)
- Jean-Michel Roche, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, tome I