French ship Fontenoy (1858)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Bretagne.
1/20th scale model of Suffren, lead ship of Fontenoy's class, on display at the Musée national de la Marine
History
France
Name: Fontenoy
Namesake: Battle of Fontenoy
Builder: Toulon [1]
Laid down: July 1827 [1]
Launched: 2 December 1858 [1]
In service: 1860 [1]
Struck: 10 February 1892 [1]
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type: Suffren class ship of the line
Displacement: 4 070 tonnes
Length: 60.50 m (198.5 ft)
Beam: 16.28 m (53.4 ft)
Draught: 7.40 m (24.3 ft)
Propulsion: 3114 m² of sails
Complement: 810 to 846 men
Armament:
Armour: 6.97 cm of timber

The Fontenoy was a 90-gun Suffren-class Ship of the line of the French Navy. She was the only in French service named in honour of Battle of Fontenoy.

Career

She was part of the Toulons quadron until 1871, when she was converted into a prison hulk for prisoners of the Paris Commune. [1]

In 1878, her engines were removed and she became a transport. Her name changed to Bretagne and she was used as a boys' school ship for the École des mousses. [1]

She was eventually decommissioned in 1892 and broken up in 1911. [1]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

    Citations

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Roche, vol.1, p.206

    References

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