NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Algésiras			Arsenal de Toulon	4/1853	4.10.1855	5/1856	transport 1870
Arcole			Arsenal de Cherbourg	4.3.1853	20.3.1855	9/1856	stricken 4.1870
Redoutable			Arsenal de Rochefort	11.4.1853	25.10.1855	11/1856	stricken 11.1869
Impérial			Arsenal de Brest	19.8.1853	15.9.1856	2/1858	stricken 11.1869
Intrépide			Arsenal de Rochefort	2.9.1853	17.9.1864	9/1865 // ---	completed as transport
Ville de Nantes			Arsenal de Cherbourg	20.6.1854	7.8.1858	10/1860	prison ship 5.1871-4/1872, stricken 11.1872
Ville de Bordeaux			Arsenal de Lorient	26.6.1854	21.5.1860	11/1860	prison ship 5.1871-5/1872, stricken 1.1879
Ville de Lyon			Arsenal de Brest	30.3.1855	26.2.1861	11/1861	prison ship 5.1871-4/1872, stricken 6.1883

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	5121
Displacement full, t
Length, m	71.5 pp Ville de Nantes: 72.6 pp Ville de Lyon: 72.0 pp
Breadth, m	16.2 Ville de Lyon: 16.8
Draught, m	8.45
No of shafts	1
Machinery	sails + 1 4-cyl HSE, boilers Algésiras: sails + 1 2-cyl HSE direct, return connecting rod, boilers Ville de Nantes: sails + 1 HSE direct, boilers Intrépide: sails + 1 HSE trunk, boilers
Power, h. p.	900nhp Algésiras: 2057 Intrépide: 2204
Max speed, kts	Algésiras: 13 Intrépide: 12.2
Fuel, t	coal 570
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	Algésiras, Redoutable, Impérial: 16 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 18 x 1 - 175/16 36pdr SBML, 34 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/14 MLR, 20 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML Arcole: 16 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 18 x 1 - 175/16 36pdr SBML, 34 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 20 x 1 - 165/13 30pdr No.4 SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/14 MLR Ville de Nantes: 10 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 24 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 24 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 14 x 1 - 165/14 MLR, 6 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML Ville de Bordeaux: 36 x 1 - 165/17 M1858 MLR, 34 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 20 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML Ville de Lyon: 36 x 1 - 165/17 M1858 MLR, 34 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 12 x 1 - 165/14 30pdr No.3 SBML
Complement	913

Project history

3rd rank two-deckers, repeats of the Napoléon, ordered after successful trials of lead ship. Wooden hull.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.