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The Tage ("Tagus") was a 100-gun of the French Navy.
Service history
She was laid down as Polyphème in 1824, renamed Saint Louis, and eventually named Tage. She was launched in 1847. On the 12 February 1855, she ran aground in Kamiesch, Crimea. She was eventually refloated. From 1857 to 1858, she was converted to steam ship. After 1871, she was used as a prison ship to hold insurgents of the Commune of Paris. Later she ferried prisoners to New Caledonia. She served as a hulk before being scrapped in 1896.
External links
* 100-guns ships of the line *le Tage - blog of Bernard Guinard
