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1/40th-scale model of the 100-gun Hercule, lead ship of Navarin 's class, on display at the Musée national de la Marine.
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History
French Navy EnsignFrance
Name Navarin
Namesake Battle of Navarino
Builder Toulon
Laid down May 1832
Launched 26 July 1854
Stricken 13 July 1886
Fate Scrapped 1908
General characteristics
Class and type Hercule class
Displacement 4440 tonnes
Length 62.50
Beam 16.20
Draught 8.23
Sail plan 3150 m² of sails
Complement 955 men
Armament
  • 100 guns, including:
  • 32 × 30-pounder long guns (lower deck)
  • 30 × 30-pounder short guns (upper deck)
  • 30 30-pounder carronades (open deck)
  • 4 × 18-pounder long guns (open deck)
Armour timber

Navarin was a late 100-gun Hercule-class ship of the line of the French Navy, transformed into a Sail and Steam ship.

Service history

Navarin was used as a troopship in the Crimean War before becoming a schoolship in 1862. In 1873, her engine was removed and she became a sailing transport for prisoners sent in deportation in New Caledonia.

She became a hulk in Brest in 1887 and was eventually broken up in 1908.

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