Scale model of Sésostris on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris | |
History | |
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France | |
Name | Sésostris |
Namesake | Ambiguous |
Builder | Cherbourg |
Laid down | 21 August 1835 |
Launched | 27 August 1836 |
Acquired | 29 December 1852 |
Commissioned | 11 January 1852 |
Stricken | 25 October 1861 |
Fate | Broken up 1896 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Rhamses-class steamer |
Displacement | 913 tonnes |
Propulsion |
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Armament |
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Armour | Timber |
Sésostris was a paddle steamer, initially built as a postal steamer for the Near Eastern service of the Messageries Maritimes. In 1852, she became a steam aviso in the French Navy.
Career
From 1853 to 1854, Sésostris cruised off Western Africa under Lieutenant Chastenet.
In 1855, she was re-armed with mortars for the Crimean War, notably taking part in the Battle of Kinburn.
In 1859 and 1860, she performed oceanographic surveys off Newfoundland.
Struck in 1861, she was used as a floating mechanics workshop until 1894. She was eventually broken up in 1896.
Legacy
A model of Sésostris is on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
Notes
Citations
- ^ Roche, p. 413
- "Maquette de bateau, Sésostris, aviso à roues, ex-paquebot-poste / 23 MG 3.1 | Musée national de la Marine". mnm.webmuseo.com (in French). Retrieved 2019-09-22.
References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 415. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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