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French ship Tilsitt (1810)

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Robuste, sister ship of Tilsitt
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameTilsitt
NamesakeTreaties of Tilsit
OrderedJune 1807
BuilderAnvers, Belgium
Laid down1807
Launched15 August 1810
Stricken10 February 1814
FateBroken up in 1818
General characteristics
Class and typeBucentaure-class ship of the line
Length
  • 55.88 m (183 ft 4 in) (overall)
  • 53.92 m (176 ft 11 in) (keel)
Beam15.27 m (50 ft 1 in)
Depth of hold7.63 m (25 ft 0 in)
PropulsionSail
Sail plan2,683 m2 (28,879.57 sq ft)
Complement866
Armament
  • 80 guns
  • 30 × 36-pounders
  • 32 × 24-pounders
  • 18 × 12-pounders
  • 6 × 36-pounder howitzers

Tilsitt was an 80-gun Bucentaure-class ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané.

She defended the harbour on Anvers until 1814.

She was given to Holland with the Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1814, and commissioned in the Dutch Navy as Neptunus.

References

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  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.