French ship Eylau (1856)

	The Eylau as a hulk in Toulon (foreground)
History
France
Name	Eylau
Namesake	Battle of Eylau
Laid down	5 July 1853
Launched	15 May 1856
Commissioned	8 March 1857
Stricken	22 February 1877
General characteristics
Type	Converted fast screw ship of the line
Length	68.72 metres
Beam	16.80 metres
Depth of hold	8.16 metres
Propulsion	list error: <br /> list (help); Sail; 900 shp steam engine (Cavé). 4 cylinders
Complement	913
Armament	list error: mixed text and list (help); GD 18-36p, 16-22cm No.1 shell; UD 34-30p No.2; SD 2-16cm rifles, 20-30p No.4. 18 x 36-pounders; 16 x 22 cm howitzers; 34 x 30-pounders; 2 x 16 cm rifled howitzers; 20 x 30-pounders;

The Eylau was an converted fast screw ship of the line of the French Navy.

Started as a 100-gun Hercule class ship of the line, Eylau was ordered converted to mixed propulsion in 1852, even before her keel was laid.

She was used as a hulk in Toulon, and broken up in 1905.

References

Converted fast screw ship of the line (2nd class)
Jean-Michel Roche, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, tome I