French ship Arcole (1855)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Second French Empire | |
| Name | Arcole |
| Namesake | Battle of Arcole |
| Ordered | 13 November 1852 |
| Builder | Arsenal de Cherbourg |
| Laid down | 4 March 1853 |
| Launched | 20 March 1855 |
| Completed | September 1856 |
| Commissioned | 8 May 1856 |
| Reclassified | As a prison hulk, May 1871 |
| Stricken | 11 April 1870 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1872 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Algésiras-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 5,121 t (5,040 long tons) |
| Length | 71.23 m (233 ft 8 in) (waterline) |
| Beam | 16.8 m (55 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 8.45 m (27 ft 9 in) (full load) |
| Depth of hold | 8.16 m (26 ft 9 in) |
| Installed power | 8 boilers; 3,600 PS (2,600 kW) |
| Propulsion | 1 screw; 2 horizontal-return connecting-rod steam engines |
| Sail plan | Ship rigged |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement | 913 |
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Arcole was one of five second-rank, 90-gun, steam-powered Algésiras-class ships of the line built for the French Navy in the 1850s. The ship participated in the Second Italian War of Independence in 1859 and was scrapped in 1872.