French ship Impérial (1856)
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| Name: | Impérial |
| Builder: | Rochefort. Plans by Henri Dupuy de Lôme |
| Laid down: | 19 August 1853 |
| Launched: | 15 November 1855 |
| Struck: | 15 November 1869 |
| General characteristics | |
| 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 Impérial was a 90-gun Algésiras-class steam ship of the line of the French Navy.
Impérial took part in the French intervention in Mexico.
She was renamed to Jupiter in 1870, used as a barracks hulk, and eventually broken up around 1898.
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