French frigate Colbert
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | Brest, 7 May 1869 |
| Launched: | 15 September 1875 |
| Commissioned: | 1877 |
| Decommissioned: | 1900. |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| Struck: | 1910 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 8600 tonnes |
| Length: | 99,1 metres |
| Beam: | 17,6 metres |
| Draught: | 8,1 metres |
| Propulsion: | 4650 HP |
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The Colbert was an armoured frigate of the French Navy, named in honour of the 17th Century minister of finance Jean-Baptiste Colbert.
She took part in the invasion of Tunisia, notably shelling and landing troops in Sfax on the 15 July 1881. From 1895 on, she was used as floating bararcks, before being scraped in 1910.
[edit] See also
- French ship Colbert for other ships of the same name
