Ville de Nantes class ship of the line

Launching of Ville de Nantes, by Louis Le Breton
Class overview
Name:	Ville de Nantes
Operators:	French Navy
Preceded by:	Algésiras-class ship of the line
Completed:	3
General characteristics
Type:	90-gun ship of the line
Displacement:	5,150 tonnes
Length:	71.7 m (235 ft 3 in)
Beam:	16.8 m (55 ft 1 in)
Draught:	8 m (26 ft 3 in)
Propulsion:	3,600 shp (2,685 kW) steam engine 2,730 m2 (29,400 sq ft) sail area
Speed:	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement:	490 men
Armament:	14 × rifled 30-pounders 48 × smoothbore 30-pounders 16 × 24-pounders
Armour:	Timber
Notes:	Ships in class include: Ville de Nantes, Ville de Lyon, Ville de Bordeaux

The Ville de Nantes class was a late type of ship of the line of the French Navy, the last to be produced before pre-Dreadnought battleships came to dominate naval warfare. Designed as fast, steam and sail ships carrying 90 guns, they were the last development of the Napoléon concept, after the Algésiras class embodied the first production batch.