French ship Friedland (1810)

The Friedland was an 80-gun Bucentaure-class ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané.

Napoleon I and Marie Louise, together with Jérôme Bonaparte and Catharina of Württemberg, assisting at the launching of the Friedland at the arsenal of Antwerp
History
France
Name: Friedland[1]
Namesake: Battle of Friedland
Ordered: June 1807[1]
Builder: Holland
Laid down: 1807[1]
Launched: 2 May 1810[1]
In service: 4 January 1811[1]
Stricken: 1814
General characteristics
Class and type: Bucentaure-class
Type: ship of the line
Length:
  • 59.3 m (194.55 ft) (overall)
  • 53.92 m (176.90 ft) (keel)
Beam: 15.3 m (50.20 ft)
Depth of hold: 7.6 m (24.93 ft)
Propulsion: Sail
Sail plan: 2,683 m2 (28,879.57 sq ft)
Complement: 866
Armament:
  • 80 guns
  • 30 × 36-pounders
  • 32 × 24-pounders
  • 18 × 12-pounders
  • 6 × 36-pounder howitzers

Career

Her launching was attended by Napoleon and his wife, Marie Louise. She was commissioned in Antwerp under Captain Le Bozec on 4 January 1811, and attributed to the Brest squadron.[1]

She was given to Holland with the Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1814.[1]

References

  1. Roche, vol.1, p.215

Bibliography

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 215. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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