French ship Tage (1847)
Ship of the line of the French Navy
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The Tage ("Tagus") was a 100-gun Hercule-class ship of the line of the French Navy.
Scale model on display at the Musée National de la Marine in Paris | |
| History | |
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| Name | Tage |
| Namesake | Battle of the Tagus |
| Builder | Brest shipyard |
| Laid down | 26 August 1824 |
| Launched | 15 August 1847 |
| Stricken | 6 May 1884 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1896 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Hercule-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 4,331 tonnes |
| Length | 65.02 m (213 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 16.82 m (55 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 7.55 m (24 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 10.7 knots (19.8 km/h; 12.3 mph) |
| Capacity | 170 tonnes of coal |
| Complement | 883 men |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
Service history
She was laid down as Polyphème in 1824, renamed Saint Louis, and eventually named Tage. She was launched in 1847.[1] On the 12 February 1855, she ran aground in Kamiesch, Crimea. She was eventually refloated.[2] From 1857 to 1858, she was converted to steam ship.
After 1871, she was used as a prison ship to hold insurgents of the Commune of Paris. Later she ferried prisoners to New Caledonia.
She served as a hulk before being scrapped in 1896.
