French ship Impérial (1856)
For other ships with the same name, see French ship Impérial and French ship Jupiter.
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name: | Impérial |
| Builder: | Rochefort. Plans by Henri Dupuy de Lôme [1] |
| Laid down: | 19 August 1853 [1] |
| Launched: | 15 November 1855 [1] |
| Struck: | 15 November 1869 [1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Algésiras class ship of the line |
| Displacement: | 5160 tonnes |
| Length: | 71.6 m (235 ft) |
| Beam: | 16.8 m (55 ft) |
| Draught: | 8.1 m (27 ft) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement: | 340 men |
| Armament: |
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| Armour: | timber |
The Impérial was a 90-gun Algésiras-class steam ship of the line of the French Navy.
Career
Impérial took part in the French intervention in Mexico. [1]
She was renamed to Jupiter in 1870, used as a barracks hulk, and eventually broken up around 1898. [1]
Notes, citations, and references
Notes
Citations
References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 251. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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