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	Hercule class, 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 a 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