Country: France.
Class, [Type]: Hercule, [SL].
Builder: Cherbourg Shipyard, France.
Laid down date: 17 July 1829.
Launch date: 14 September 1848.
Commission date: 1949.
Decommission date: 14 November 1854.
Displacement ( tons ): 4400 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 62,5 x 16,2 x 8,2.
Main machinery: Sails.
Sail plan: Full rigged ship.
Complement: 955.
Guns: 70 muzzle-loading smooth-bore gans:
- Lower deck: 22 x 30pdrs, 8 x 220mm Paixhans guns;
- Upper deck: 24 x 30pdrs, 8 x 220mm Paixhans guns;
- Quarterdeck/Forecastle: 20 x 30pdrs, 4 x 160mm Paixhans guns.