French ship Danube (1808)
Danube was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
![]() Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Danube (1808), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris. | |
History | |
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Name: | Danube |
Namesake: | Danube river |
Builder: | Toulon[1] |
Laid down: | 1806 [1] |
Launched: | 21 December 1808 [1] |
Decommissioned: | 1827 [1] |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type: | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
Displacement: |
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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: |
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Armour: | Timber |
Notes, citations, and references
Notes
Citations
- Roche, vol.1, p.141
- 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.
- Quintin, p.175
References
- Quintin, Danielle; Quintin, Bernard (2003). Dictionnaire des capitaines de Vaisseau de Napoléon (in French). S.P.M. p. 173–175. ISBN 2-901952-42-9.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 141. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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