French ship Valmy (1847)

school ship
History
France
Namesake	Battle of Valmy Jean-Charles de Borda
Builder	Brest shipyard. Plans by Leroux
Laid down	1 March 1838
Launched	25 September 1847
Commissioned	1849
Decommissioned	January 1856
Renamed	renamed Borda on 18 August 1863 renamed Intrépide in 1890
Reclassified	1863 schoolship
Stricken	1890
Homeport	Brest
Fate	Scrapped in 1891
General characteristics
Class and 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	120 guns, including: 34 long guns of calibre 80 36 short guns of calibre 30
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.

Design

The design of Valmy was decided by the

of the ship.

Valmy was laid down at Brest in 1838 as Formidable and launched in 1847.

She displayed poor performances during her trials, especially with a tendency to roll, and was generally considered a failure. Stability problems were to some extent improved by the addition of a 3 m (9.8 ft) high belt of wood sheathing at the waterline. The outcome of the project led the French Navy to return to a more traditional design with the next generation of ships, which would lead to Bretagne.

Career

Valmy participated in the

.

On 13 November 1855, Valmy collided with the French

. Upon her replacement in 1890, she was renamed Intrépide. She was stricken from the navy list in 1891 and scrapped soon afterwards.

Gallery

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  1/40th-scale model of the Valmy
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  1/40th-scale model of the Valmy
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  1/40th-scale model of the Valmy
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  1/40th-scale model of the Valmy

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Valmy (ship, 1849).

Citations

1. ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 25557. London. 1 December 1855.

Bibliography

• Jones, Colin (1996). "Entente Cordiale, 1865". In McLean, David &
  ISBN 0-85177-685-X
  .
• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. Roche.
  OCLC 165892922
  .

External links

• MN Valmy Drachinifel, Youtube
• (in French) dossiersmarine.free.fr