Ville de Nantes-class ship of the line

The Ville de Nantes class consisted of three second-rank, 90-gun, steam-powered ships of the line built for the French Navy in the 1850s. Most of the ships participated in the Second French intervention in Mexico in the 1860s and spent extensive amounts of time in reserve. In 1871–1872 the sister ships were used as prison ships after the Paris Commune was crushed by the French government in 1871.

Class overview
Name: Ville de Nantes
Operators:  French Navy
Preceded by: Algésiras-class ship of the line
Built: 1854–1861
In service: 1860–1894
In commission: 1860–1879
Completed: 3
General characteristics (as built)
Type: 90-gun ship of the line
Displacement: 5,121 t (5,040 long tons)
Length: 71.23–71.76 m (233 ft 8 in–235 ft 5 in) (waterline)
Beam: 16.8 m (55 ft 1 in)
Draught: 8.45 m (27 ft 9 in) (full load)
Depth of hold: 8.16 m (26 ft 9 in)
Installed power: 8 boilers; 3,600 PS (2,600 kW)
Propulsion: 1 screw; 2 steam engines
Sail plan: Ship rigged
Speed: 11–12 knots (20–22 km/h; 13–14 mph)
Complement: 913
Armament:

Description

The Ville de Nantes-class ships were repeats of the preceding ship of the line Algésiras class and were also designed by naval architect Henri Dupuy de Lôme. They had a length at the waterline of 71.23–71.76 metres (233 ft 8 in–235 ft 5 in), a beam of 16.8 metres (55 ft 1 in) and a depth of hold of 8.16 metres (26 ft 9 in). The ships displaced 5,121 tonnes (5,040 long tons) and had a draught of 8.45 metres (27 ft 9 in) at deep load. Their crew numbered 913 officers and ratings.[1]

The Ville de Nantes class were powered by a pair of four-cylinder steam engines that drove the single propeller shaft using steam provided by eight boilers. The engines were rated at 900 nominal horsepower[1] and produced 3,600 indicated horsepower (3,600 PS; 2,700 kW) for speeds of 11–12 knots (20–22 km/h; 13–14 mph).[2] The ships were fitted with three masts and ship rigged[1] with a sail area of 2,730 square metres (29,400 sq ft).[2]

Each of the Ville de Nantes-class ships was armed with a unique mixture of 30-pounder (164.7 mm (6.5 in)) smoothbore cannon, 163 mm (6.4 in) rifled muzzle-loading (RML) guns as well as 164.7 mm and 223.3 mm (8.8 in) Paixhans guns. The guns were distributed between the upper and lower gundecks and the quarterdeck and forecastle.[3]

Ships
Name Builder[3] Laid down[3] Launched[3] Commissioned[3] Fate[3]
Ville de NantesArsenal de CherbourgJuly 18567 August 185825 October 1860Scrapped, 1887
Ville de LyonArsenal de Brest30 March 185526 February 18614 November 1861Scrapped, 1885
Ville de BordeauxArsenal de Lorient26 June 185421 May 18605 November 1860Scrapped, 1894
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See also

Citations
  1. Winfield & Roberts, p. 70
  2. Roche, p. 469
  3. Winfield & Roberts, pp. 71–72

Bibliography
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Tome I: 1671–1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • Winfield, Rif & Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.
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