Artésien-class ship of the line
The Artésien class was a type of 64-gun ships of the line of the French Navy. A highly detailed and accurate model of Artésien, lead ship of the class, was part of the Trianon model collection and is now on display at Paris naval museum.
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Class overview | |
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Name: | Artésien |
Operators: |
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In commission: | 1771-1785 [1] |
Planned: | 5 [1] |
Completed: | 5 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Ship of the line |
Displacement: | 1200 tonnes [2] |
Length: | 52.2 m (171 ft) [2] |
Beam: | 13.2 m (43 ft) [2] |
Draught: | 6.4 m (21 ft) [2] |
Propulsion: | Sail |
Armament: |
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Armour: | Timber |
Ships in class
- Builder:
- Begun:
- Launched: 1765
- Completed:
- Fate:
- Alexandre
- Builder:
- Begun:
- Launched: 1771
- Completed:
- Fate:
- Builder:
- Begun:
- Launched: 1771
- Completed:
- Fate:
- Builder:
- Begun:
- Launched: 1773
- Completed:
- Fate:
- Builder:
- Begun:
- Launched: 1773
- Completed:
- Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy on 24 February 1780 and commissioned as HMS Prothee. Used as a prison ship from 1799 and broken up September 1815[3]
References
- Roche, p. 507
- Roche, p. 52
- Colledge, J.J. Ships of the Royal Navy : the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th century to the present (Rev.. ed.). Chatham. p. 260. ISBN 1-85367-566-0.
Sources
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671–1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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