French ship Saint Louis (1854)

	1/20th scale model of Suffren, lead ship of Saint Louis's class, on display at the Musée national de la Marine
History
France
Name	Saint Louis
Namesake	Louis IX of France
Builder	Brest
Laid down	13 July 1848
Launched	26 April 1853
In service	8 April 1854
Stricken	26 November 1894
Fate	Scrapped 1895
General characteristics
Class and type	Suffren class ship of the line
Displacement	4 070 tonnes
Length	60.50 m (198.5 ft)
Beam	16.28 m (53.4 ft)
Draught	7.40 m (24.3 ft)
Propulsion	3114 m² of sails
Complement	810 to 846 men
Armament	1824-1839:; 30 × 30-pounder long guns on lower deck; 32 × 30-pounder short guns on middle deck; 24 × 30-pounder carronades and 4 × 18-pounders on upper decks; 1839-1840; 26 × 30-pounder long guns and 4 × 22cm Paixhans guns on lower deck; 32 × 30-pounder short guns on middle deck; 24 × 30-pounder carronades and 4 × 16 cm Paixhans guns on upper decks;
Armour	6.97 cm of timber

The Saint Louis was a 90-gun Suffren-class Ship of the line of the French Navy. She was the twenty-second ship in French service named in honour of Louis IX of France.

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