French ship Fontenoy (1858)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Bretagne.

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.

1900 Rade de Brest
History
France
Name	Fontenoy
Namesake	Battle of Fontenoy
Builder	Toulon
Laid down	July 1827
Launched	2 December 1858
In service	1860
Stricken	10 February 1892
Fate	Scrapped 1911
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	1824-1839: 30 × 30-pounder long guns on lower deck 32 × 30-pounder short guns on middle deck 24 × 30-pounder carronades and 4 × 18-pounders on upper decks 1839-1840 26 × 30-pounder long guns and 4 × 22cm Paixhans guns on lower deck 32 × 30-pounder short guns on middle deck 24 × 30-pounder carronades and 4 × 16 cm Paixhans guns on upper decks
Armour	6.97 cm of timber

Career

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

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.

She was eventually decommissioned in 1892 and broken up in 1911.

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. Roche. p. 206. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
• 90-guns ships-of-the-line