French ship Souverain (1819)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Souverain.

Decorative aft panel of Souverain, on display at Toulon naval museum
History
France
Namesake	"Sovereign"
Builder	Toulon
Laid down	1813
Launched	1819
Fate	Scrapped in 1905
General characteristics
Class and type	Océan class ship of the line
Displacement	2 700 tonnes
Length	65.18 m (213.8 ft) (196,6 French feet)
Beam	16.24 m (53.3 ft) (50 French feet)
Draught	8.12 m (26.6 ft) (25 French feet)
Propulsion	sail, 3 265 m² 2400 shp steam engine (from 1853)
Complement	1 079 men
Armament	Rated as 120-gun: lower deck: 32 36-pounder guns middle deck: 34 24-pounder guns upper deck: 34 18-pounder guns forecastle: 18 8-pounder guns, 6 36-pounder carronades

Souverain was an Océan type 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was launched in 1819 and transformed into a steam ship in 1853.

Service history

In 1853, she was refitted to receive a 2,400 shp (1,800 kW) steam engine.

From 1857, she was as a gunnery school in Toulon until she was replaced in this role by Couronne in 1885, and later as a barracks hulk. She was broken up in 1905.

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  Souverain as a hulk in Toulon harbour
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Notes, citations, and references

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 421. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
• Template:Fr Le Souverain (1819 – 1885), Nicolas Mioque