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French ship Suffren (1824)
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The Suffren was a 90-gun Ship of the line
of the French Navy
named in honour of Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez
, lead ship of her class
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The Suffren was the first ship of the line built with straight sides.
She took part in the Battle of Tagus on 11 July 1831, and stayed off Lisbon for one month thereafter, leaving Portugal on 14 August.
The next year, she took part in the Battle of Ancona, on 22 February, ferrying 1500 infantrymen.
In 1838 she ran aground near Cádiz
after a tempest. She was refloated by the steam ships Iénaand Phare.
She took part in the war against Morocco in August 1844, bombing Tangier
on the 6 August and landing troops in Mogador on 16.
In 1854, the Suffren was involved in the Crimean War
. In July, an epidemic of cholera
in the fleet in the Black Sea killed 20 and sickened 100 aboard. On 17 October, Suffren took part in the siege of Sevastopol.
The next year, she was converted to a troop ship. From 1857 to 1860, she was used as a gunnery school by the École Navale
, before being stricken on 4 April 1861 and converted to a hulk. She was renamed Ajax on 8 April 1865, and scrapped in 1874.
Ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...
of the French Navy
French Navy
The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
named in honour of Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez
Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez
Admiral comte Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez, bailli de Suffren , French admiral, was the third son of the marquis de Saint Tropez, head of a family of nobles of Provence which claimed to have emigrated from Lucca in the 14th century...
, lead ship of her class
Suffren class ship of the line
The Suffren class was a late type of 90-gun ships of the line of the French Navy.Intended as successors of the 80-gun Bucentaure class by Jean Tupinier, they introduced the innovation of having straight walls, instead of the Tumblehome design that had prevailed until then; this tended to heighten...
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The Suffren was the first ship of the line built with straight sides.
She took part in the Battle of Tagus on 11 July 1831, and stayed off Lisbon for one month thereafter, leaving Portugal on 14 August.
The next year, she took part in the Battle of Ancona, on 22 February, ferrying 1500 infantrymen.
In 1838 she ran aground near Cádiz
Cádiz
Cadiz is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the homonymous province, one of eight which make up the autonomous community of Andalusia....
after a tempest. She was refloated by the steam ships Iénaand Phare.
She took part in the war against Morocco in August 1844, bombing Tangier
Tangier
Tangier, also Tangiers is a city in northern Morocco with a population of about 700,000 . It lies on the North African coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar where the Mediterranean meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel...
on the 6 August and landing troops in Mogador on 16.
In 1854, the Suffren was involved in the Crimean War
Crimean War
The Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...
. In July, an epidemic of cholera
Cholera
Cholera is an infection of the small intestine that is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The main symptoms are profuse watery diarrhea and vomiting. Transmission occurs primarily by drinking or eating water or food that has been contaminated by the diarrhea of an infected person or the feces...
in the fleet in the Black Sea killed 20 and sickened 100 aboard. On 17 October, Suffren took part in the siege of Sevastopol.
The next year, she was converted to a troop ship. From 1857 to 1860, she was used as a gunnery school by the École Navale
École Navale
The École Navale is the French Naval Academy in charge of the education of the officers of the French Navy.The academy was founded in 1830 by the order of King Louis-Philippe...
, before being stricken on 4 April 1861 and converted to a hulk. She was renamed Ajax on 8 April 1865, and scrapped in 1874.