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FRENCH NAVY (FRANCE)

CAPITAL SHIPS

AUSTERLITZ sailing ships-of-the-line (1809-1854)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Austerlitz     Arsenal de Toulon 10.4.1806 15.8.1808 8/1809 stricken 3.1837
Ville de Paris (ex-Comte d'Artois, ex-Ville de Vienne, ex-Comte d'Artois, ex-Marengo)     Arsenal de Rochefort 5/1808 5.10.1850 9/1851 screw 8.1858, school ship 1864
Wagram     Arsenal de Toulon 4/1809 1.7.1810 3/1811 stricken 10.1836
Impérial, 4.1814- Royal Louis, 3.1815- Impérial, 7.1815- Royal Louis     Arsenal de Toulon 2.7.1810 1.12.1811 8/1812 stricken 3.1825
Montebello     Arsenal de Toulon 10/1810 6.12.1812 8/1813 screw 8.1852, gunnery TS 4.1860
Sans Pareil (ex-Roi de Rome)     Arsenal de Brest 4/1811 --- --- BU incomplete 6.1816
Louis XIV     Arsenal de Rochefort 4/1811 28.2.1854 9/1854 screw 8.1857, gunnery TS 1861
Héros     Arsenal de Toulon 4/1812 15.8.1813 1/1814 stricken 3.1828
Friedland (ex-Inflexible)     Arsenal de Cherbourg 1.5.1812 4.4.1840 8/1840 stricken 12.1864
Souverain     Arsenal de Toulon 4/1813 25.8.1819 7/1821 screw 6.1857, transport 1.1867
Trocadéro     Arsenal de Toulon 9/1813 14.4.1824 10/1824 fire 24.3.1836

 

Data variant sailing

Displacement normal, t

5095

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

63.8 pp

Breadth, m

16.4

Draught, m

8.14

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

32 x 1 - 175/16 36pdr SBML, 12 x 1 - 173/8 36pdr SBML carronades, 34 x 1 - 153/18 24pdr SBML, 34 x 1 - 139/18 18pdr SBML, 14 x 1 - 106/24 8pdr SBML

Ville de Paris: 4 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 6 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 194/16 50pdr SBML, 24 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 28 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 34 x 1 - 165/14 30pdr No.3 SBML, 12 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML

Louis XIV: 4 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 28 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 30 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 34 x 1 - 165/14 30pdr No.3 SBML, 12 x 1 - 165/13 30pdr No.4 SBML

Friedland: 4 x 1 - 223/11 No.1 shell SBML, 32 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 30 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 38 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML, 16 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades

Souverain: 4 x 1 - 223/11 No.1 shell SBML, 32 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 30 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 34 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML, 20 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades

Complement

1130

Project history: 118-gun three-deckers, part of Napoleon's plan of battle fleet reconstruction. Total sail area was 3250m². Wooden hull.

Modernizations: late 1820s, all survived: were rearmed with 32 x 1 - 175/16 36pdr SBML, 50 x 1 - 173/8 36pdr SBML carronades, 34 x 1 - 153/18 24pdr SBML, 4 x 1 - 139/18 18pdr long SBML

late 1830s, all survived: were rearmed with 4 x 1 - 223/11 No.1 shell SBML, 32 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 30 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 38 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML, 16 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades

1852, Montebello: was converted to screw ship with data as given in the table.

Data variant screw (Montebello)

Displacement normal, t

4830

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

63.3 pp

Breadth, m

17.1

Draught, m

7.99

No of shafts

1

Machinery

sails + 1 HSE, 1 boiler

Power, h. p.

140nhp

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

coal 199

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

4 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 28 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 28 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 34 x 1 - 165/14 30pdr No.3 SBML, 10 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML

Complement

1063

1857, Souverain: was converted to screw ship with data as given in the table.

Data variant screw (Souverain)

Displacement normal, t

5096

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

62.6 wl 63.5 pp

Breadth, m

17.3

Draught, m

8.38

No of shafts

1

Machinery

sails + 1 2-cyl HSE return connecting rod, boilers

Power, h. p.

1618

Max speed, kts

10.5

Fuel, t

coal 445

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

16 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 8 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 16 x 1 - 175/16 36pdr SBML, 24 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/14 MLR, 32 x 1 - 163/13 shell, 12 x 1 - 163/8 SBML carronades

Complement

1079

1857, Louis XIV: was converted to screw ship with data as given in the table.

Data variant screw (Louis XIV)

Displacement normal, t

5170

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

63.9 pp

Breadth, m

17.4

Draught, m

8.35

No of shafts

1

Machinery

sails + 1 2-cyl HSE, boilers

Power, h. p.

600nhp

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

coal 500

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

4 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 28 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 30 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 34 x 1 - 165/14 30pdr No.3 SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/14 MLR, 14 x 1 - 163/8 SBML carronades

Complement

1079

1858, Ville de Paris: was converted to screw ship with data as given in the table.

Data variant screw (Ville de Paris)

Displacement normal, t

5302

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

68.5 pp 69.1 wl

Breadth, m

17.2

Draught, m

8.34

No of shafts

1

Machinery

sails + 1 2-cyl HSE, boilers

Power, h. p.

1581

Max speed, kts

10.6

Fuel, t

coal 450

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

16 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 8 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 16 x 1 - 175/16 36pdr SBML, 24 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/14 MLR, 40 x 1 - 163/13 shell

Complement

1079

Naval service: Trocadéro accidentally burned 24.3.1836 at Toulon while in reserve.

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