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Napoléon-class Ship Of The Line
The ''Napoléon'' class was a late type of 90-gun ship of the line, ships of the line of the French Navy, and the first type of ship of the line designed from the start to incorporate a steam engine. Designed by Henri Dupuy de Lôme, the prototype ''Napoléon'' displayed such outstanding performances during her trials that a production series was immediately ordered, yielding the Algésiras-class ship of the line, ''Algésiras'' sub-class. Furthermore, construction of the two ''Bretagne'' class 130-gun ships was interrupted: ''Desaix'', whose construction had only just started, was cancelled altogether and replaced with , while was dismantled and entirely rebuilt on principles heralded by ''Napoléon''. Further improvements to the ''Algésiras'' type yielded the Ville de Nantes-class ship of the line, ''Ville de Nantes'' sub-class. The "swift ships of the line" of the ''Napoléon'' class were initially considered of the 3rd rank, behind the 120-gun first rank ships of the and an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toulon, France
Toulon (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Tolon , , ) is a city on the French Riviera and a large port on the Mediterranean coast, with a major naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, and the Provence province, Toulon is the prefecture of the Var department. The Commune of Toulon has a population of 176,198 people (2018), making it France's 13th-largest city. It is the centre of an urban unit with 580,281 inhabitants (2018), the ninth largest in France. Toulon is the third-largest French city on the Mediterranean coast after Marseille and Nice. Toulon is an important centre for naval construction, fishing, wine making, and the manufacture of aeronautical equipment, armaments, maps, paper, tobacco, printing, shoes, and electronic equipment. The military port of Toulon is the major naval centre on France's Mediterranean coast, home of the French aircraft carrier ''Charles de Gaulle'' and her battle group. The French Mediterranean Fleet is based in Toulon. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Impérial (1856)
''Impérial'' was one of five second-rank, 90-gun, steam-powered ships of the line built for the French Navy in the 1850s. The ship participated in the Second Italian War of Independence in 1859 and the Second French intervention in Mexico in 1862. She was scrapped in 1897. Description The ''Algésiras''-class ships were repeats of the pioneering ship of the line and were also designed by naval architect Henri Dupuy de Lôme. They had a length at the waterline of , a beam of and a depth of hold of . The ships displaced and had a draught of at deep load. Their crew numbered 913 officers and ratings.Winfield & Roberts, p. 70 The primary difference between ''Napoléon'' and the ''Algésiras'' class was that the boilers of the latter ships were moved forward of the engines. They were powered by a pair of four-cylinder horizontal-return connecting-rod steam engines that drove the single propeller shaft using steam provided by eight boilers. The engines were rated at 900 nom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ship Of The Line Classes From France
A ship is a large watercraft that travels the world's oceans and other sufficiently deep waterways, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research, and fishing. Ships are generally distinguished from boats, based on size, shape, load capacity, and purpose. Ships have supported exploration, trade, warfare, migration, colonization, and science. After the 15th century, new crops that had come from and to the Americas via the European seafarers significantly contributed to world population growth. Ship transport is responsible for the largest portion of world commerce. The word ''ship'' has meant, depending on the era and the context, either just a large vessel or specifically a ship-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts, each of which is square-rigged. As of 2016, there were more than 49,000 merchant ships, totaling almost 1.8 billion dead weight tons. Of these 28% were oil tankers, 43% were bulk carriers, and 13% were con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
90-gun Ship Of The Line Classes
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a descender, as, for example, in . The mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Ville De Lyon (1861)
''Ville de Lyon'' was one of three second-rank, 90-gun, steam-powered ships of the line built for the French Navy in the 1850s. The ship participated in the Second French intervention in Mexico in the 1860s and served as a prison ship for Communard prisoners in 1871–1872 after the Paris Commune was crushed by the French government. She was scrapped in 1885. Description The ''Ville de Nantes''-class ships were repeats of the preceding ship of the line and were also designed by naval architect Henri Dupuy de Lôme. They had a length at the waterline of , a beam of and a depth of hold of . The ships displaced and had a draught of at deep load. Their crew numbered 913 officers and ratings.Winfield & Roberts, p. 70 The ''Ville de Nantes''s 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 and produced for a speed of . The ships were fitted with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Ville De Bordeaux (1860)
''Ville de Bordeaux'' was one of three second-rank, 90-gun, steam-powered ships of the line built for the French Navy in the 1850s. The ship participated in the Second French intervention in Mexico in 1859 and served as a prison ship for Communard prisoners in 1871–1872 after the Paris Commune was crushed by the French government. She became a school ship in 1880 and was scrapped in 1894. Description The ''Ville de Nantes''-class ships were repeats of the preceding ship of the line and were also designed by naval architect Henri Dupuy de Lôme. They had a length at the waterline of , a beam of and a depth of hold of . The ships displaced and had a draught of at deep load. Their crew numbered 913 officers and ratings.Winfield & Roberts, p. 70 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 and produced for a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Ville De Nantes (1858)
''Ville de Nantes'' was a second-rank, 90-gun, steam-powered ship of the line built for the French Navy in the 1850s, lead ship of her class of three ships. The ship was in reserve most of her career and served as a prison ship for Communard prisoners in 1871–1872 after the Paris Commune was crushed by the French government. She was sold for scrap in 1887. Description The ''Ville de Nantes''-class ships were repeats of the preceding ship of the line and were also designed by naval architect Henri Dupuy de Lôme. They had a length at the waterline of , a beam of and a depth of hold of . The ships displaced and had a draught of at deep load. Their crew numbered 913 officers and ratings.Winfield & Roberts, p. 70 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 and produced for a speed of .Roche, p. 469 The ships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Intrépide (1864)
''Intrépide'' was intended to be one of five second-rank, 90-gun, steam-powered ships of the line built for the French Navy in the 1850s, but her construction was suspended for many years before she was converted into a troopship in 1863. The ship evacuated French troops in 1866–1867 after the defeat of Second French intervention in Mexico. ''Intrépide'' became a school ship in 1883 and was renamed ''Borda'' in 1890. She was withdrawn from service in 1912 and sank by accident the following year. The ship was scrapped in place from 1913 to 1922. Description The ''Algésiras''-class ships were repeats of the pioneering ship of the line and were also designed by naval architect Henri Dupuy de Lôme. They had a length at the waterline of , a beam of and a depth of hold of . The ships displaced Winfield & Roberts, p. 70 and ''Intrépide'' had a draught of at deep load.Roche, I, p. 258 The primary difference between ''Napoléon'' and the ''Algésiras'' class was that the bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Redoutable (1855)
''Redoubtable'' was one of five second-rank, 90-gun, steam-powered ships of the line built for the French Navy in the 1850s. The ship participated in the Second Italian War of Independence in 1859 and was scrapped in 1873–1874. Description The ''Algésiras''-class ships were repeats of the pioneering ship of the line and were also designed by naval architect Henri Dupuy de Lôme. They had a length at the waterline of , a beam of and a depth of hold of . The ships displaced and had a draught of at deep load. Their crew numbered 913 officers and ratings.Winfield & Roberts, p. 70 The primary difference between ''Napoléon'' and the ''Algésiras'' class was that the boilers of the latter ships were moved forward of the engines. They were powered by a pair of four-cylinder horizontal-return connecting-rod steam engines that drove the single propeller shaft using steam provided by eight boilers. The engines were rated at 910 nominal horsepower and produced . The ships were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ship Of The Line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two columns of opposing warships maneuvering to volley fire with the cannons along their broadsides. In conflicts where opposing ships were both able to fire from their broadsides, the opponent with more cannons firingand therefore more firepowertypically had an advantage. Since these engagements were almost invariably won by the heaviest ships carrying more of the most powerful guns, the natural progression was to build sailing vessels that were the largest and most powerful of their time. From the end of the 1840s, the introduction of steam power brought less dependence on the wind in battle and led to the construction of screw-driven wooden-hulled ships of the line; a number of purely sail-powered ships were converted to this propulsion mech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Arcole (1855)
''Arcole'' was one of five second-rank, 90-gun, steam-powered ships of the line built for the French Navy in the 1850s. The ship participated in the Second Italian War of Independence in 1859 and was scrapped in 1872. Description The ''Algésiras''-class ships were repeats of the pioneering ship of the line and were also designed by naval architect Henri Dupuy de Lôme. They had a length at the waterline of , a beam of and a depth of hold of . The ships displaced and had a draught of at deep load. Their crew numbered 913 officers and ratings.Winfield & Roberts, p. 70 The primary difference between ''Napoléon'' and the ''Algésiras'' class was that the boilers of the latter ships were moved forward of the engines. ''Arcole'' was powered by a pair of four-cylinder horizontal-return connecting-rod steam engines that drove the single propeller shaft using steam provided by eight boilers. The engines were rated at 900 nominal horsepower and produced which gave her a speed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Algésiras (1853)
Three ships of the French Navy The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ... have borne the name ''Algésiras'' in honour of the Battle of Algeciras: * , a 74-gun ship of the line * , a 74-gun ship of the line * , a swift 90-gun ship of the line, lead ship of ''Algésiras''-class ship of the line {{DEFAULTSORT:Algesiras French Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
