Neapolitan ship Capri (1810)

Scale model of Achille, sister ship of Neapolitan ship Capri (1810), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
Real MarinaKingdom of the Two Sicilies
Name	Capri
Builder	Castellamare di Stabia
Laid down	Late 1808
Launched	21 August 1810
Decommissioned	January 1812
General characteristics
Class and type	Téméraire class ship of the line
Displacement	2 966 tonnes 5 260 tonnes fully loaded
Length	55.87 m (183.3 ft) (172 French feet)
Beam	14.90 m (48.9 ft) (44' 6)
Draught	7.26 m (23.8 ft) (22 French feet)
Propulsion	Up to 2 485 m² of sails
Complement	678 men
Armament	74 guns: Lower gundeck: 28 × 36-pounder long guns Upper gundeck: 30 × 24-pounder long guns Forecastle and Quarter deck: 16 × 8-pounder long guns 4 × 36-pounder carronades
Armour	Timber

The Capri was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the Real Marina of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

Career

Capri was built by engineers Jean-François Lafosse and Philippe Greslé after plans by Sané. In April 1815, she was seized by the British, but returned to Napoli in December 1815. She remained in service at least until 1821.

References

• Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine du Consulat et du Premier Empire: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1800 à 1815 (in French). Éditions Ancre. p. 76. ISBN 2-903179-30-1.