French ship Souverain (1819)
Appearance
![]() Decorative aft panel of Souverain, on display at Toulon naval museum
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History | |
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Namesake | "Sovereign" |
Builder | Toulon[1] |
Laid down | 1813 [1] |
Launched | 1819 [1] |
Fate | Scrapped in 1905 [1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Océan class ship of the line |
Displacement | 2 700 tonnes |
Length | 65.18 m (213.8 ft) (196,6 French feet) |
Beam | 16.24 m (53.3 ft) (50 French feet) |
Draught | 8.12 m (26.6 ft) (25 French feet) |
Propulsion |
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Complement | 1 079 men |
Armament |
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Souverain was an Océan type 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was launched in 1819 and transformed into a steam ship in 1853.
Service history
In 1853, she was refitted to receive a 2,400 shp (1,800 kW) steam engine.
From 1857, she was as a gunnery school in Toulon until she was replaced in this role by Couronne in 1885[2] and later as a barracks hulk. She was broken up in 1905.
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Souverain as a hulk in Toulon harbour
Notes, citations, and references
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Notes
Citations
References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 421. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- Template:Fr Le Souverain (1819 – 1885), Nicolas Mioque