French ship Impérial (1856)

French ship Impérial (1856)
French ship Impérial (1856)
Name:	Impérial
Builder:	Rochefort. Plans by Henri Dupuy de Lôme
Laid down:	19 August 1853
Launched:	15 November 1855
Struck:	15 November 1869
General characteristics
Class & type:	Algésiras class ship of the line
Displacement:	5160 tonnes
Length:	71.6 m (235 ft)
Beam:	16.8 m (55 ft)
Draught:	8.1 m (27 ft)
Propulsion:	Sail (2010 m²); 3604 HP 8-boiler steam engine;
Speed:	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement:	340 men
Armament:	4 138mm guns; 4 revolver guns; 2 37mm guns;
Armour:	timber

For other ships of the same name, see French ship Impérial and French ship Jupiter.

The Impérial was a 90-gun Algésiras-class steam ship of the line of the French Navy.

Career[]

Impérial took part in the French intervention in Mexico. ^[1]

She was renamed to Jupiter in 1870, used as a barracks hulk, and eventually broken up around 1898. ^[1]

Notes, citations, and references[]

Notes[]

Citations[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Roche, vol.1, p.251

References[]

Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 251. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

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[roche251-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Roche, vol.1, p.251

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