French ship Couronne (1824)
 Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Couronne (1824), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
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| Name | Couronne |
| Namesake | Crown |
| Builder | Brest |
| Laid down | 1813 |
| Launched | 25 August 1824 |
| Renamed |
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| Fate | Broken up in 1870 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| 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 |
Couronne was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
Career
[edit]She participated in the Crimean War. On 22 July 1854, she ran aground off Åland, Grand Duchy of Finland but was undamaged.[2] She was refloated with the assistance of HMS Driver and HMS Hecla.[3] She took part in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830. She was later renamed Barricade, and Duperré after Admiral Duperré's death. She was used as a hulk from 17 August 1869, and broken up the next year.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire". dossiersmarine.free.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ^ "The Baltic Fleet". The Times. No. 21808. London. 1 August 1854. col E-F, p. 10.
- ^ "The Baltic Fleet". Daily News. No. 2560. London. 3 August 1854.
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