French ship Friedland (1810)

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

Napoleon I and Marie Louise, together with Jérôme Bonaparte and Catharina of Württemberg, assisting at the launching of the Friedland at the arsenal of Antwerp
History
France
Name:	Friedland[1]
Namesake:	Battle of Friedland
Ordered:	June 1807[1]
Builder:	Holland
Laid down:	1807[1]
Launched:	2 May 1810[1]
In service:	4 January 1811[1]
Stricken:	1814
General characteristics
Class and type:	Bucentaure-class
Type:	ship of the line
Length:	59.3 m (194.55 ft) (overall) 53.92 m (176.90 ft) (keel)
Beam:	15.3 m (50.20 ft)
Depth of hold:	7.6 m (24.93 ft)
Propulsion:	Sail
Sail plan:	2,683 m^2 (28,879.57 sq ft)
Complement:	866
Armament:	80 guns 30 × 36-pounders 32 × 24-pounders 18 × 12-pounders 6 × 36-pounder howitzers

Career

Her launching was attended by Napoleon and his wife, Marie Louise. She was commissioned in Antwerp under Captain Le Bozec on 4 January 1811, and attributed to the Brest squadron.[1]

She was given to Holland with the Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1814.[1]

References

1. Roche, vol.1, p.215

Bibliography

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 215. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.