Name Arcole Ordered 1853 Commissioned September 1856 Launched 20 May 1855 Weight 5,160 tons | Laid down 4 March 1853 Construction started 4 March 1853 Length 72 m Draft 8.1 m | |
Builder Toulon. Plans by Henri Dupuy de Lôme | ||
The Arcole was a 90-gun Algésiras-class steam ship of the line of the French Navy.
Career
Arcole was the second of production ship built on the principles of the "fast ship of the line" pionnered by Napoléon. She took the place of the 130-gun Desaix, of the Bretagne type, when the latter was cancelled.
She took part in the Second Italian War of Independence, and was broken in 1872.
References
French ship Arcole (1855) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA