French ship Valmy (1847)
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Borda, French ship Intrépide, and French ship Valmy.
Valmy, named after the Battle of Valmy, was the largest three-decker of the French Navy, and the largest tall ship ever built in France.
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The Valmy, by then renamed Borda, serving as a school ship | |
History | |
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France | |
Namesake | |
Builder | Brest shipyard. Plans by Leroux |
Laid down | 1 March 1838 |
Launched | 25 September 1847 |
Commissioned | 1849 |
Decommissioned | January 1856 |
Renamed |
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Reclassified | 1863 schoolship |
Stricken | 1890 |
Homeport | Brest |
Fate | Scrapped in 1891 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | 1st rate ship of the line |
Displacement | 5,826 tonnes |
Length | 64.05 m (210.1 ft) at the waterline |
Beam | 18.11 m (59.4 ft) |
Draught | 8.61 m (28.2 ft) |
Complement | 1100 |
Armament |
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Armour | timber |
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