• Algeciras (redirect from Algésiras)
    Algeciras (Spanish: [alxeˈθiɾas]) is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Cádiz, Andalusia. Located in the southern end of the Iberian...
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  • name Algésiras in honour of the Battle of Algeciras: Algésiras (1804), a 74-gun ship of the line Algésiras (1823), a 74-gun ship of the line Algésiras (1855)...
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    The Algésiras class consisted of five second-rank, 90-gun, steam-powered ships of the line built for the French Navy in the 1850s. Most of the ships participated...
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  • Thumbnail for French ship Algésiras (1855)
    Algésiras was a second-rank, 90-gun, steam-powered ship of the line built for the French Navy in the 1850s, lead ship of her class of five ships. The...
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    guns duelling with the Algésiras, the port guns with Pluton, and the forward guns aimed at the San Juan Nepomuceno. Algésiras finally surrendered to Tonnant...
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    Napoléon 90 (launched 16 May 1850 at Toulon) – Stricken 1876 Algésiras sub-class Algésiras 90 (launched 4 October 1855 at Toulon) – Transport 1869 Arcole...
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    Franco-Spanish fleet and lost none. Among the captured French ships were Aigle, Algésiras, Berwick, Bucentaure, Fougueux, Intrépide, Redoutable, and Swiftsure....
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    with the Aigle. On 12 November, Gloire began comparative trials with the Algésiras, culminating in a trial report on 30 March 1861. As the first ocean-going...
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    Caribbean with Artémise. Algésiras was featured in Les Misérables, where she is mislabeled as a frigate: The frigate Algesiras was anchored alongside the...
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    Achille Aconit Admirable Africain Africaine Aigle Alexandre Algérien Algésiras Amarante Amazone Ambitieux America Amiral Charner Amphitrite Andromaque...
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