French ship Sceptre (1810)

The Sceptre was an 80-gun Bucentaure-class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané. The Captain of the ship was Captain Samuel James Ballard.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Sceptre.
The Robuste, sister-ship of the Sceptre
History
France
Name: Sceptre
Ordered: 26 December 1808
Builder: Toulon
Laid down: 1809
Launched: 15 August 1810
Stricken: 1828
Fate: Burnt 1830 in Toulon.
General characteristics
Class and type: Bucentaure-class
Type: ship of the line
Length:
  • 55.88 m (183.33 ft) (overall)
  • 53.92 m (176.90 ft) (keel)
Beam: 15.27 m (50.10 ft)
Depth of hold: 7.63 m (25.03 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

References
  1. Clowes, Sir William Laird; Markham, Sir Clements Robert; Mahan, Alfred Thayer; Wilson, Herbert Wrigley; Roosevelt, Theodore; Laughton, Leonard George Carr (1900). The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present. S. Low, Marston, limited.
  • Jean-Michel Roche, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, tome I
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