French ship Eylau (1856)

For other ships of the same name, see French ship Eylau and French ship Éole.

History
The Eylau as a hulk in Toulon (foreground)
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.

References

Converted fast screw ship of the line (2nd class)
Jean-Michel Roche, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, tome I

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