 1/40th-scale model of the 100-gun Hercule, lead ship of Turenne 's class, on display at the Musée national de la Marine.
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| History | |
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 France | |
| Name | Turenne |
| Namesake | Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne |
| Builder | Rochefort |
| Laid down | 13 June 1827 |
| Launched | 15 April 1854 |
| Stricken | 25 November 1867 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1887 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Hercule class |
| Displacement | 4440 tonnes |
| Length | 62.50 |
| Beam | 16.20 |
| Draught | 8.23 |
| Sail plan | 3150 m of sails |
| Complement | 955 men |
| Armament |
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| Armour | timber |
Turenne was a late 100-gun Hercule-class ship of the line of the French Navy, transformed into a Sail and Steam ship.
Service history
Soon after her commissioning, Turenne was used as a troopship in the Crimean War. Transformed into a steam and sail ship in 1858 and 1859, she conducted trials in 1860 and served during the French intervention in Mexico.
Put in ordinary from 1862, she was decommissioned in 1867 and used as a coaling hulk in Brest from 1869. She was eventually broken up around 1887.
Citations
References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 450. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- 100-guns ships of the line