French ship Pacificateur (1804)
Appearance
![]() Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Pacificateur (1804), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
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History | |
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Name | Pacificateur |
Namesake | "Peacemaker" |
Builder | Brest[1] |
Laid down | May 1801[1][2] |
Fate | Broken up on stack 1804 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
Displacement |
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Length | 55.87 m (183.3 ft) (172 French feet) |
Beam | 14.90 m (48.9 ft) (44' 6) |
Draught | 7.26 m (23.8 ft) (22 French feet) |
Propulsion | Up to 2 485 m² of sails |
Complement | 678 men |
Armament |
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Armour | Timber |
The Pacificateur was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
Career
[edit]Pacificateur was started at Brest in May 1801, under the supervision of engineer Antoine Geoffroy and after plans by Sané.[1] In 1804, recurrent difficulties in bringing construction timber to Brest, compounded by a criminal fire at the arsenal in February, led Bonaparte to order all construction ceased there.[1]
Citations
[edit]References
[edit]- Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine du Consulat et du Premier Empire: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1800 à 1815 (in French). Éditions Ancre. p. 81. ISBN 2-903179-30-1.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. p. 337. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.