Namesake Abraham Duquesne Beam 16.69 m (54.8 ft) Armament 90 guns Length 61 m Propulsion 484.7 kW Draft 7.23 m | Fate scrapped Draught 7.23 m (23.7 ft) Launched 2 December 1853 Weight 4,400 tons Displacement 4.4 million kg Builder Brest | |
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Class and type Tourville-class ship of the line | ||
The Duquesne was a 90-gun Touville-class sail and steam ship of the line of the French Navy.
She took part in the Baltic theatre of the Crimean War, shelling Sweaborg on 10 August 1855. She later took part in the French Intervention in Mexico as a troop ship.
She was used as a barracks hulk until 1887.
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