French ship Tilsitt (1854)

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.

1/20th scale model of Suffren, lead ship of Tilsitt's class, on display at the Musée national de la Marine
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameTilsitt
NamesakeTreaties of Tilsit
BuilderCherbourg [1]
Laid down2 March 1832 [1]
Launched30 March 1854 [1]
Stricken22 July 1872 [1]
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeSuffren 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

Career

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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]

Citations

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Roche, vol.1, p.439

References

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  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. Roche. p. 439. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • 90-guns ships-of-the-line