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CAPITAL SHIPS

EYLAU screw ship-of-the-line (1857)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Eylau     Arsenal de Toulon 8/1833 15.5.1856 3/1857 transport 1862 or early 1863

 

Displacement normal, t

5023

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

69.2 pp

Breadth, m

16.8

Draught, m

8.16

No of shafts

1

Machinery

sails + 1 4-cyl HSE, boilers

Power, h. p.

900nhp

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

coal 765

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

16 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 18 x 1 - 175/16 36pdr SBML, 34 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 20 x 1 - 165/13 30pdr No.4 SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/14 MLR

Complement

913

Project history: 2nd rank two-decker, converted to screw on the stocks. Wooden hull.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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