French ship Castiglione (1860)

For other ships of the same name, see French ship Castiglione.

History
1/20th scale model of Suffren, lead ship of Castiglione's class, on display at the Musée national de la Marine
France
Name:	Castiglione
Namesake:	Battle of Castiglione
Builder:	Toulon ^[1]
Laid down:	October 1835 ^[1]
Launched:	4 July 1860 ^[1]
Struck:	11 October 1881 ^[1]
Fate:	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type:	Suffren class ship of the line
Displacement:	4 070 tonnes
Length:	60.50 m (198.5 ft)
Beam:	16.28 m (53.4 ft)
Draught:	7.40 m (24.3 ft)
Propulsion:	3114 m² of sails
Complement:	810 to 846 men
Armament:	1824-1839: 30 × 30-pounder long guns on lower deck 32 × 30-pounder short guns on middle deck 24 × 30-pounder carronades and 4 × 18-pounders on upper decks 1839-1840 26 × 30-pounder long guns and 4 × 22cm Paixhans guns on lower deck 32 × 30-pounder short guns on middle deck 24 × 30-pounder carronades and 4 × 16 cm Paixhans guns on upper decks
Armour:	6.97 cm of timber

The Castiglione was a 90-gun Suffren-class Ship of the line of the French Navy. She was the third in French service named in honour of Battle of Castiglione.

Career

Castiglione took part in the French intervention in Mexico in 1862. She was struck on 11 October 1881 and used as a barracks hulk. She was eventually broken up in 1900. ^[1]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

Citations

1 2 3 4 5 Roche, vol.1, p.101

References

Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 101. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
90-guns ships-of-the-line

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