Breslaw was a 90-gun Suffren-class ship of the line of the French Navy. She was the twenty-second ship in French service named in honour of Louis IX of France.
 1/20th scale model of Suffren, lead ship of Breslaw's class, on display at the Musée national de la Marine
| |
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Breslaw |
| Namesake | Wrocław |
| Builder | Brest [1] |
| Laid down | 26 May 1827 [1] |
| Launched | 21 July 1848 [1] |
| Stricken | 22 July 1872 [1] |
| Fate | Scrapped 1886 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Suffren-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 4070 tonnes |
| Length | 60.50 m (198.5 ft) |
| Beam | 16.28 m (53.4 ft) |
| Draught | 7.40 m (24.3 ft) |
| Propulsion | 3,114 m2 (33,520 sq ft) of sails |
| Complement | 810 to 846 men |
| Armament |
|
| Armour | 6.97 cm of timber |
Career edit
Started as Achille, the ship was renamed Saint Louis in 1839. She took part in the Crimean War as a troop ship, and served in the French intervention in Mexico in 1862.[1]
She was used as a prison hulk for prisoners of the Paris Commune, then as an ammunition store, and was eventually broken up in 1886.[1]
Citations edit
References edit
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. JMR. Jean-Michel Roche. p. 85. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.