French ship Algésiras (1855)
Algésiras used as a school ship
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| Name: | Algésiras |
| Namesake: | Battle of Algeciras |
| Ordered: | 1853 |
| Builder: | Toulon. Plans by Henri Dupuy de Lôme |
| Laid down: | March 1853 |
| Launched: | March 1855 |
| Commissioned: | September 1856 |
| Struck: | 25 November 1906 |
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| Class and type: | Algésiras class ship of the line |
| Displacement: | 5160 tonnes |
| Length: | 71.6 m (235 ft) |
| Beam: | 16.8 m (55 ft) |
| Draught: | 8.1 m (27 ft) |
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| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement: | 340 men |
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| Armour: | timber |
The Algésiras was a 90-gun steam ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class. She was the first production ship built on the principles of the "fast ship of the line" pioneered by Napoléon.
In 1859, she took part in the blockade of Venice and various operations in the Mediterranean.
She was decommissioned in 1865 and used as a transport. She was later used as a school ship.
On 25 November 1906, she was destroyed in Toulon by an accidental fire.
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