French ship Couronne (1824)
 Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Couronne (1824), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
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| Name | Couronne |
| Namesake | Crown |
| Builder | Brest |
| Laid down | 1813 |
| Launched | 1824 |
| Renamed |
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| Fate | Broken up in 1870 |
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| Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
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| Length | 55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied) |
| Beam | 14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied) |
| Propulsion | Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails |
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| Armour | Timber |
Couronne was a Template:Sclass- 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
Career
She participated in the Crimean War. On 22 July 1854, she ran aground in the Åland Islands, Grand Duchy of Finland but was undamaged.[2] She was refloated with the assistance of HMS Driver and HMS Hecla.[3] She took part in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830. She was later renamed Barricade, and Duperré after Admiral Duperré's death. She was used as a hulk from 17 August 1859, and broken up the next year.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire". dossiersmarine.free.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ^ "The Baltic Fleet". The Times. No. 21808. London. 1 August 1854. col E-F, p. 10. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "The Baltic Fleet". Daily News. No. 2560. London. 3 August 1854.
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