French ship Algésiras (1823)

	Loss of a longboat of Algésiras in a storm, 9 August 1831.
History
France
Name:	Algésiras
Namesake:	Battle of Algeciras
Ordered:	20 February 1812
Builder:	Lorient
Laid down:	1 April 1812
Launched:	21 August 1823
In service:	20 August 1828
Stricken:	1846
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 obusiers;

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

She took part in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830, under Captain Ponée, and in the Battle of the Tagus the next year, under Captain Moulac.

In 1832, she was used as a troopship to ferry troops to Algeria. In 1836, she cruised the Caribbean with Artémise.

Algésiras was featured in Les Misérables, where she is mislabeled as a frigate:

The frigate Algesiras was anchored alongside the Orion, and the poor convict had fallen between the two vessels
Book second, chapter III

References

Jean-Michel Roche, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, tome I

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