&sq=&lang=&file=File:Lebreton_engraving-17.jpg) The Duquesne, drawing by Louis Le Breton
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| History | |
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 France | |
| Namesake | Abraham Duquesne |
| Builder | Brest |
| Launched | 2 December 1853 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1887 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Tourville-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 4400 tonnes |
| Length | 61.40 m (201.4 ft) |
| Beam | 16.69 m (54.8 ft) [1] |
| Draught | 7.23 m (23.7 ft)[1] |
| Propulsion |
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| Armament | 90 guns |
| Armour | Timber |
The Duquesne was a 90-gun Tourville-class sail and steam ship of the line of the French Navy.
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She took part in the Baltic theatre of the Crimean War, shelling Sweaborg on 10 August 1855. She later took part in the French Intervention in Mexico as a troop ship.
She was used as a barracks hulk until 1887.