French ship Ville de Nantes

Launching of Ville de Nantes, by Louis Le Breton
History
France
Name:	Ville de Nantes
Namesake:	Nantes
Builder:	Cherbourg
Laid down:	20 June 1854
Launched:	7 August 1858
Decommissioned:	1888
In service:	1862
General characteristics
Class and type:	Ville de Nantes-class ship of the line
Displacement:	5150 tonnes
Length:	71.7 metres (235 ft)
Beam:	16.8 metres (55 ft 1 in)
Draught:	8.0 metres (26.2 ft)
Propulsion:	Up to 2,730 m2 (29,400 sq ft) of sails Mangin steam engine, one propeller
Crew:	490
Armament:	14 × 30-pounder riffled guns 48 × 30-pounder smooth-bore guns 16 × 24-pounder howitzers
Armour:	Timber

Ville de Nantes was a late 90-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.

Ville de Nantes conducted trials in 1860 until, in December, she was used as a transport to ferry troops to Brest. Her engine having broke down, she conducted repairs until July 1861, after which she conducted trials until 1862.

After the Paris Commune, Ville de Nantes was used as a prison hulk in Cherbourg. She was eventually broken up in 1887.