French ship Jemmapes (1840)

Jemmapes was a late 100-gun Hercule-class ship of the line of the French Navy.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Jemmapes.
1/40th-scale model of the 100-gun Hercule, lead ship of Jemmapes ' class, on display at the Musée national de la Marine.
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameJemmapes[1]
NamesakeBattle of Jemmapes[1]
BuilderLorient [1]
Laid down26 April 1825 [1]
Launched2 April 1836 [1]
In service1840 [1]
Stricken1889 [1]
FateScrapped 1890
General characteristics
Class and typeHercule class
Displacement4440 tonnes
Length62.50
Beam16.20
Draught8.23
Sail plan3150 m² of sails
Complement955 men
Armament
Armourtimber

Service history

Ordered in 1824 as Indomptable and soon renamed Royal Charles, Jemmapes was laid down in 1825 but not completed before 1840. She took her definitive name after the July Revolution, on 9 August 1830.[1]

In 1844, Jemmapes took part in the Bombardment of Mogador in Joinville's squadron.[1] In October or November 1848, she was driven ashore at Civitavecchia, Papal States.[2] Deactivated in 1851, she took part in the Crimean War, first in the Baltic Sea in 1854, and in the Black Sea the next year.[1]

Decommissioned in 1864, Jemmapes was first used as a transport, and then hulked, before being scrapped in 1890.[1]

Citations
  1. Roche, vol.1, p.266
  2. "The State of the Continent". The Times. No. 20041. London. 8 December 1848. col A, p. 6.

References
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