French ship Saint Louis (1854)

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1/20th scale model of Suffren, lead ship of Saint Louis's class, on display at the Musée national de la Marine
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NameSaint Louis
Namesake Louis IX of France
BuilderBrest [1]
Laid down13 July 1848 [1]
Launched26 April 1853 [1]
In service8 April 1854 [1]
Stricken26 November 1894 [1]
FateScrapped 1895
General characteristics
Class and type Suffren class ship of the line
Displacement4 070 tonnes
Length60.50 m (198.5 ft)
Beam16.28 m (53.4 ft)
Draught7.40 m (24.3 ft)
Propulsion3114 m² of sails
Complement810 to 846 men
Armament
Armour6.97 cm of timber

The Saint Louis was a 90-gun Suffren-class Ship of the line of the French Navy. She was the twenty-second ship in French service named in honour of Louis IX of France.

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Career

Started as Achille, the ship was renamed Saint Louis in 1850. She took part in the Crimean War as a troopship, [1] In July 1854, she ran aground at Kiel, Prussia. She was refloated on 26 July. [2] She bombed the Tétouan forts on 20 November 1859, and served in the French intervention in Mexico in 1862. [1]

She was renamed Cacique in 1881 and served as a gunnery school, and was eventually broken up in 1895. [1]

Notes

    Citations

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Roche, vol.1, p.397
    2. "Prussia". The Times. No. 21813. London. 7 August 1854. col D-E, p. 7.

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