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French ship Castiglione (1860)

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Name
  
Castiglione

Builder
  
Toulon

Struck
  
11 October 1881

Construction started
  
October 1835

Length
  
60 m

Draft
  
7.4 m

Namesake
  
Battle of Castiglione

Laid down
  
October 1835

Fate
  
Scrapped

Launched
  
4 July 1860

Weight
  
4,070 tons

French ship Castiglione (1860)

The Castiglione was a 90-gun Suffren-class Ship of the line of the French Navy. She was the third in French service named in honour of Battle of Castiglione.

Career

Castiglione took part in the French intervention in Mexico in 1862. She was struck on 11 October 1881 and used as a barracks hulk. She was eventually broken up in 1900.

References

French ship Castiglione (1860) Wikipedia