Name Ville de Lyon Builder Brest Decommissioned 28 June 1883 Launched 26 February 1861 Weight 5,150 tons | Namesake Lyon Laid down 30 March 1855 Construction started 30 March 1855 Length 72 m Draft 8 m | |
Class and type Ville de Nantes-class ship of the line | ||
Ville de Lyon was a Ville de Nantes-class 90-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
Career
Ville de Lyon conducted trials in 1861 before being put in ordinary in 1862. She took part in the French intervention in Mexico, and upon her return to France, became a schoolship in Brest. She returned to Mexico in 1866 to ferry an infantry regiment back to France.
After the Paris Commune, Ville de Lyon was used as a prison hulk in Brest. Struck in 1879, she was broken up in 1894.
References
French ship Ville de Lyon (1861) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA