Name Redoutable Commissioned 26 March 1857 Construction started 4 March 1853 Length 72 m Draft 8.1 m | Laid down 4 March 1853 Struck 15 November 1869 Launched 25 October 1855 Weight 5,160 tons | |
Builder Rochefort. Plans by Henri Dupuy de Lôme Class and type Algésiras class ship of the line |
The Redoutable was a 90-gun Algésiras-class steam ship of the line of the French Navy.
Career
Redoutable took part in the Second Italian War of Independence under Captain Vincent Moulac. In 1860, she served off Beirut with Donawerth.
She was decommissioned in 1865, was hulked in Brest and used as barracks until she was broken up in 1874.
References
French ship Redoutable (1855) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA