French ship Anversois

Anversois was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Éole.
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Anversois, on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
Name: Anversois
Builder: Antwerp[1]
Laid down: May 1803 [1]
Launched: 7 June 1807 [1]
Decommissioned: 1815 [1]
General characteristics [2]
Class and type: Téméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement:
  • 2,966 tonnes
  • 5,260 tonnes fully loaded
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:
Armour: Timber

Career

Ordered on 24 April 1804, Anversois was one of the ships built in the various shipyards captured by the First French Empire in Holland and Italy in a crash programme to replenish the ranks of the French Navy.

In 1807, she crossed from Antwerp to Vlissingen for a refit. In 1814, she took part in the defence of the city, attacking the forts Frederick Henry on 21 March and Lacroix the next day. [1]

At the Bourbon Restoration, she was renamed to Éole, returned to her original name during the Hundred Days, and Éole back again in 1815. In 1818, she was found to be in such poor state that she could not be used even as a hulk, and was broken up. [1]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

    Citations
    1. Roche, vol.1, p.44
    2. 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.

    References
    • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 44. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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