List of steam-powered ships of the line explained

List of steam powered ships of the line

Austria

• - launched 1858, 5811 tons

Britain

See List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy#List of unarmoured steam ships-of-the-line of the Royal Navy (1847-61)

18 built, 41 converted^[1]

Denmark

• Dannebrog. Launched 1850. Converted to screw ironclad 1875.
• Skjold. Launched 1834. Converted to screw 1858-1860. Served in the Second Schleswig War in 1864.

France

10 built, 28 converted

Napoléon class

• Napoléon
• Duquesne

Algésiras class (5 ships)

Converted

Océan class

• Souverain: laid down in Toulon in 1813, launched in 1819. Converted to sail/steam and entered service in 1857. Used as gunnery training vessel from 1860. Stricken in 1867. Hulk scrapped in 1905.
• Ville-de-Paris: laid down in 1806 at Rochefort as Marengo; renamed to Ville-de-Vienne in 1807, Comte-d'Artois in 1814, and Ville-de-Paris in 1830. Launched in 1850. Entered Service in 1851, Converted to a dual sail/steam ship in 1858, engine removed and converted to transport in 1870. Stricken in 1882; hulk used as floating barracks until scrapped in 1898.
• Louis-XIV: laid down as Le Tonnant in 1811 at Rochefort; renamed to Louis-XIV in 1828, launched in 1854. Entered service in 1854. Converted to a dual sail/steam ship in 1857. Transferred to the gunnery training school in 1861. Out of service 1873, stricken in 1880, scrapped in 1882.^[2]

Hercule class

• Prince Jérôme^[3]

Naples

• Re Galantuomo. Launched 1850 as Monarca. Converted in 1858, renamed in 1860. Broken up in 1875.

Russia

See also: List of ships of the line of Russia.

• Oryol 84 (1854) (completed as screw) - Decommissioned in 1863
• Retvisan 84 (1855) (completed as screw) - Converted to sail 1863, to target vessel 1874, decommissioned 1880
• Imperator Nikolai I 111/109 (1860) (screw) - Decommissioned 1874
• Tsesarevitch 135/115 (1857) - Transferred to the Baltic Fleet 1858-1859, converted to screw 1860, decommissioned 1874
• Sinop (ex-Bosfor - renamed on slip) 130 (1858) - Transferred to the Baltic Fleet 1858-1859, converted to screw 1860, decommissioned 1874

Converted

Leipzig-class (1 of 2 units)

• Gangut 84 (1825) - Converted to screw 1854, training ship 1862, decommissioned 1871

Imperatritsa Aleksandra-class (1 of 8 units)

• Vola 84/92 (1837) - Converted to screw 1856, later become training ship, BU 1889

Fershampenuaz-class (2 of 3 units)

• Konstantin 74/82 (1837) - Converted to screw 1854, decommissioned 1864
• Vyborg 74/82 (1841) - Converted to screw 1854, decommissioned 1863

Sweden

• Karl XIV Johan, launched 1824. Converted 1854. Scrapped 1867.
• Stockholm, launched 1856, converted on stocks. Later training and accommodation ship. Scrapped 1923.

Turkey

• Peyk-i Zafer, 86 cannons. Launched 1842, converted 1851, decommissioned 1878.

Notes and References

1. Book: Gardiner . Robert . Lambert . Andrew . Steam, Steel and Shellfire: The Steam Warship, 1815-1905 . Conway's History of the Ship . 41 . September 2001 . . 978-0-7858-1413-9.
2. Dossiers marine (retrieved 26.09.2007)
3. Dossiers marine (retrieved 13 August 2015)