French ship Duguay-Trouin (1813)

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Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Duguay-Trouin (1813), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
NameDuguay-Trouin
NamesakeRené Duguay-Trouin.
BuilderCherbourg[1]
Laid down6 May 1811 [1]
Launched10 November 1813 [1]
Decommissioned1826 [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

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

Career

Construction of Duguay-Trouin was started in 1810 at Le Havre, but her timber was transferred to Cherbourg after September 1810 and she was completed there.[1]

She was struck in 1826.[1]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f Roche, vol.1, p.161-162
  2. ^ Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr. Retrieved 4 April 2013.

References

  • Quintin, Danielle; Quintin, Bernard (2003). Dictionnaire des capitaines de Vaisseau de Napoléon (in French). S.P.M. p. 67. ISBN 2-901952-42-9.
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 161-162. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.