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French ship Turenne (1854)
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Turenne was a late 100-gun Hercule-class ship of the line of the French Navy, transformed into a Sail and Steam ship.
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![]() 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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Name | Turenne[1] |
Namesake | Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne |
Builder | Rochefort [1] |
Laid down | 13 June 1827 [1] |
Launched | 15 April 1854 [1] |
Stricken | 25 November 1867 [1] |
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 m2 of sails |
Complement | 955 men |
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Armour | timber |
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