French ship Dantzig (1807)

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Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Dantzig (1807), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
NameDantzig
NamesakeSiege of Danzig
BuilderAntwerp[1]
Laid downMay 1805 [1]
Launched15 August 1807 [1]
Decommissioned1815 [1]
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeTemplate:Sclass-
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 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament
ArmourTimber

Dantzig was a Template:Sclass- 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

Career

Ordered on 24 April 1804 as Illustre, Dantzig was one of the ships built in the various shipyards captured by the First French Empire in Holland and Italy in a crash programme to replenish the ranks of the French Navy.

In 1807, she crossed from Antwerp to Vlissingen for a refit. [1]

At the Bourbon Restoration, she was renamed to Achille, and ceded to Holland with the Treaty of Paris. [1]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f Roche, vol.1, p.140
  2. ^ Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr. Retrieved 4 April 2013.

References

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 140. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.