French ship Tilsitt (1854)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Tilsitt.

The Tilsitt was a 90-gun Ship of the line of the French Navy. She was the second ship in French service named in honour of the Treaties of Tilsit.

1/20th scale model of Suffren, lead ship of Tilsitt's class, on display at the Musée national de la Marine
History
France
Name	Tilsitt
Namesake	Treaties of Tilsit
Builder	Cherbourg
Laid down	2 March 1832
Launched	30 March 1854
Stricken	22 July 1872
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Suffren class ship of the line
Displacement	4 070 tonnes
Length	60.50 m (198.5 ft)
Beam	16.28 m (53.4 ft)
Draught	7.40 m (24.3 ft)
Propulsion	3114 m² of sails
Complement	810 to 846 men
Armament	1824-1839: 30 × 30-pounder long guns on lower deck 32 × 30-pounder short guns on middle deck 24 × 30-pounder carronades and 4 × 18-pounders on upper decks 1839-1840 26 × 30-pounder long guns and 4 × 22cm Paixhans guns on lower deck 32 × 30-pounder short guns on middle deck 24 × 30-pounder carronades and 4 × 16 cm Paixhans guns on upper decks
Armour	6.97 cm of timber

Career

Started as Diadème, Tilsitt was transformed into a steam and sail ship of the line while still on keel. She took part in the Crimean War and in the French intervention in Mexico before becoming a prison hulk for prisoners of the Paris Commune.

From 1873, she replaced Fleurus as the hulk serving as headquarters to the French naval division of Indochina in Saigon.

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. Roche. p. 439. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
• 90-guns ships-of-the-line