Scale model of Sésostris on display at the
Musée national de la Marine in Paris
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Sésostris |
Namesake | Ambiguous [Note 1] |
Builder | Cherbourg [1] |
Laid down | 21 August 1835 [1] |
Launched | 27 August 1836 [1] |
Acquired | 29 December 1852 [1] |
Commissioned | 11 January 1852 [1] |
Stricken | 25 October 1861 |
Fate | Broken up 1896 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Rhamses-class steamer [1] |
Displacement | 913 tonnes [1] |
Propulsion |
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Armament |
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Armour | Timber |
Sésostris was a paddle steamer, initially built as a postal steamer for the Near Eastern service of the Messageries Maritimes. In 1852, she became a steam aviso in the French Navy.
From 1853 to 1854, Sésostris cruised off Western Africa under Lieutenant Chastenet. [1]
In 1855, she was re-armed with mortars for the Crimean War, notably taking part in the Battle of Kinburn. [1]
In 1859 and 1860, she performed oceanographic surveys off Newfoundland. [1]
Struck in 1861, she was used as a floating mechanics workshop until 1894. She was eventually broken up in 1896. [1]
A model of Sésostris is on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris. [2]