French ship Danube (1808)
Danube was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Danube (1808), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris. | |
History | |
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France | |
Name: | Danube |
Namesake: | Danube river |
Builder: | Toulon[1] |
Laid down: | 1806 [1] |
Launched: | 21 December 1808 [1] |
Decommissioned: | 1827 [1] |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type: | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
Displacement: |
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Length: | 55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied) |
Beam: | 14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in) |
Draught: | 7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied) |
Propulsion: | Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails |
Armament: |
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Armour: | Timber |
Notes, citations, and references
Notes
Citations
- Roche, vol.1, p.141
- Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- Quintin, p.175
References
- Quintin, Danielle; Quintin, Bernard (2003). Dictionnaire des capitaines de Vaisseau de Napoléon (in French). S.P.M. p. 173–175. 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. 141. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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