French ship Wagram (1854)
 1/40th-scale model of the 100-gun Hercule, lead ship of Wagram 's class, on display at the Musée national de la Marine. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name: | Wagram[1] |
| Namesake: | Battle of Wagram |
| Builder: | Lorient [1] |
| Laid down: | 22 August 1833 [1] |
| Launched: | 12 June 1854 [1] |
| Struck: | 1867 [1] |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Hercule class |
| Displacement: | 4440 tonnes |
| Length: | 62.50 |
| Beam: | 16.20 |
| Draught: | 8.23 |
| Sail plan: | 3150 m² of sails |
| Complement: | 955 men |
| Armament: |
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| Armour: | timber |
Wagram was a late 100-gun Hercule-class ship of the line of the French Navy, transformed into a Sail and Steam ship.
Service history
Started as Bucentaure, Wagram took part in the Crimean War and in the Battle of Kinburn. In 1862, she served in the French intervention in Mexico.[1]
On 29 April 1867, she was sunk as a target for torpedo trials.[1]
Notes, citations, and references
Notes
Citations
References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 475. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- 100-guns ships of the line
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