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French ship Redoutable (1855)

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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