Ville de Nantes-class ship of the line
 Launching of Ville de Nantes, by Louis Le Breton | |
| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Ville de Nantes |
| Operators: |
 French Navy |
| Preceded by: | Algésiras-class ship of the line |
| Completed: | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | 90-gun ship of the line |
| Displacement: | 5,150 tonnes |
| Length: | 71.7 m (235 ft 3 in) |
| Beam: | 16.8 m (55 ft 1 in) |
| Draught: | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement: | 490 men |
| Armament: |
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| Armour: | Timber |
| Notes: | Ships in class include: Ville de Nantes, Ville de Lyon, Ville de Bordeaux |
The Ville de Nantes class was a late type of ship of the line of the French Navy, the last to be produced before pre-Dreadnought battleships came to dominate naval warfare. Designed as fast, steam and sail ships carrying 90 guns, they were the last development of the Napoléon concept, after the Algésiras class embodied the first production batch.
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- Ordered:
- Launched: 1862
- Fate:
- Ville de Lyon
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- Ordered:
- Launched: 1862
- Fate:
- Ville de Bordeaux
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- Launched: 1863
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