French ship Eylau (1856)

For other ships of the same name, see French ship Eylau and French ship Éole.
The Eylau as a hulk in Toulon (foreground)
History
France
Name: Eylau
Namesake: Battle of Eylau
Laid down: 5 July 1853
Launched: 15 May 1856
Commissioned: 8 March 1857
Struck: 22 February 1877
General characteristics
Type: Hercule class, converted fast screw ship of the line
Length: 68.72 m (225.5 ft)
Beam: 16.80 m (55.1 ft)
Depth of hold: 8.16 m (26.8 ft)
Propulsion:
  • Sail
  • 900 shp steam engine (Cavé). 4 cylinders
Complement: 913
Armament:
  • GD 18-36p, 16-22cm No.1 shell; UD 34-30p No.2; SD 2-16cm rifles, 20-30p No.4.
  • 18 × 36-pounders
  • 16 × 22 cm howitzers
  • 34 × 30-pounders
  • 2 × 16 cm rifled howitzers
  • 20 × 30-pounders

The Eylau was a converted fast screw ship of the line of the French Navy.

Started as a 100-gun Hercule class ship of the line under the name Éole, Eylau was ordered converted to mixed propulsion in 1852, even before her keel was laid.

She was used as a hulk in Toulon, and broken up in 1905.

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