French ship Navarin (1854)

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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
Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France
NameNavarin [1]
Namesake Battle of Navarino
BuilderToulon [1]
Laid downMay 1832 [1]
Launched26 July 1854 [1]
Stricken13 July 1886 [1]
FateScrapped 1908
General characteristics
Class and type Hercule class
Displacement4440 tonnes
Length62.50
Beam16.20
Draught8.23
Sail plan3150 m² of sails
Complement955 men
Armament
Armourtimber

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

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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]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Roche, vol.1, p.322

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