French ship Valmy (1847)
The Valmy, by then renamed Borda, serving as a school ship | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Namesake | |
| Builder | Brest shipyard. Plans by Leroux |
| Laid down | 1 March 1838 |
| Launched | 25 September 1847 |
| Commissioned | 1849 |
| Decommissioned | January 1856 |
| Renamed |
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| Reclassified | 1863 schoolship |
| Stricken | 1890 |
| Homeport | Brest |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1891 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | 1st rate ship of the line |
| Displacement | 5,826 tonnes |
| Length | 64.05 m (210.1 ft) at the waterline |
| Beam | 18.11 m (59.4 ft) |
| Draught | 8.61 m (28.2 ft) |
| Complement | 1100 |
| Armament |
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| Armour | timber |
Valmy, named after the Battle of Valmy, was the largest three-decker of the French Navy, and the largest tall ship ever built in France.