French ship Tilsitt (1854)

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1/20th scale model of Suffren, lead ship of Tilsitt's class, on display at the Musée national de la Marine
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Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg France
NameTilsitt
Namesake Treaties of Tilsit
BuilderCherbourg [1]
Laid down2 March 1832 [1]
Launched30 March 1854 [1]
Stricken22 July 1872 [1]
FateScrapped
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 Tilsitt was a 90-gun Ship of the line of the French Navy. She was the second ship in French service named in honour of the Treaties of Tilsit.

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Career

Started as Diadème, Tilsitt was transformed into a steam and sail ship of the line while still on keel. She took part in the Crimean War and in the French intervention in Mexico before becoming a prison hulk for prisoners of the Paris Commune. [1]

From 1873, she replaced Fleurus as the hulk serving as headquarters to the French naval division of Indochina in Saigon. [1]

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    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Roche, vol.1, p.439

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