Scale model of Sésostris on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameSésostris
NamesakeAmbiguous [Note 1]
BuilderCherbourg[1]
Laid down21 August 1835 [1]
Launched27 August 1836 [1]
Acquired29 December 1852 [1]
Commissioned11 January 1852 [1]
Stricken25 October 1861
FateBroken up 1896
General characteristics
Class and typeRhamses-class steamer[1]
Displacement913 tonnes[1]
Propulsion
Armament
  • 6 guns
  • from 1859: 4 mortars[1]
ArmourTimber

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.

Career

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]

Legacy

A model of Sésostris is on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Sésostris is the French transliteration of Sesostris or Senusret

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Roche, p. 413
  2. ↑ "Maquette de bateau, Sésostris, aviso à roues, ex-paquebot-poste / 23 MG 3.1 | Musée national de la Marine". mnm.webmuseo.com (in French). Retrieved 2019-09-22.

References

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 415. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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