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French ship Duguay-Trouin (1813)

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Ship of the line of the French Navy For other ships with the same name, see French ship Duguay-Trouin.
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Duguay-Trouin (1813), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
NameDuguay-Trouin
NamesakeRené Duguay-Trouin.
BuilderCherbourg
Laid down6 May 1811
Launched10 November 1813
Decommissioned1826
FateBroken up 1826
General characteristics
Class and typeTéméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement
  • 2,966 tonnes
  • 5,260 tonnes fully loaded
Length55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
PropulsionUp to 2,485 m (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament
ArmourTimber

Duguay-Trouin was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

Career

Construction of Duguay-Trouin was started in 1810 at Le Havre, but her timber was transferred to Cherbourg after September 1810 and she was completed there.

She was struck in 1826.

Citations

  1. ^ Roche, vol.1, p.161-162
  2. Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.

References

  • Quintin, Danielle; Quintin, Bernard (2003). Dictionnaire des capitaines de Vaisseau de Napoléon (in French). S.P.M. p. 67. ISBN 2-901952-42-9.
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. Roche. pp. 161–162. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.


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