Name Impérial Struck 15 November 1869 Construction started 19 August 1853 Length 72 m Draft 8.1 m | Laid down 19 August 1853 Displacement 5160 tonnes Launched 15 November 1855 Weight 5,160 tons | |
Builder Rochefort. Plans by Henri Dupuy de Lôme Class and type Algésiras class ship of the line |
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.
She was renamed to Jupiter in 1870, used as a barracks hulk, and eventually broken up around 1898.
References
French ship Impérial (1856) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA