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French ship Jemmapes (1840)
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Jemmapes was a late 100-gun Hercule-class ship of the line of the French Navy.
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![]() 1/40th-scale model of the 100-gun Hercule, lead ship of Jemmapes ' class, on display at the Musée national de la Marine. | |
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Name | Jemmapes[1] |
Namesake | Battle of Jemmapes[1] |
Builder | Lorient [1] |
Laid down | 26 April 1825 [1] |
Launched | 2 April 1836 [1] |
In service | 1840 [1] |
Stricken | 1889 [1] |
Fate | Scrapped 1890 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Hercule class |
Displacement | 4440 tonnes |
Length | 62.50 |
Beam | 16.20 |
Draught | 8.23 |
Sail plan | 3150 m² of sails |
Complement | 955 men |
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Armour | timber |
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