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French ship Danube (1808)

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Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Danube (1808), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
NameDanube
NamesakeDanube river
BuilderToulon[1]
Laid down1806 [1]
Launched21 December 1808 [1]
Decommissioned1827 [1]
FateBroken up
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeTéméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement
  • 2,966 tonnes
  • 5,260 tonnes fully loaded
Length55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
PropulsionUp to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament
ArmourTimber

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

Career

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Danube served under Captain Henry in 1810.[1][3]

The ship was struck and ordered to be broken up on 18 December 1826.[4]

Citations

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  1. ^ a b c d e Roche, vol.1, p.141
  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.
  3. ^ Quintin, p.175
  4. ^ Winfield & Roberts p.94

References

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  • Quintin, Danielle; Quintin, Bernard (2003). Dictionnaire des capitaines de Vaisseau de Napoléon (in French). S.P.M. pp. 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.
  • Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French warships in the age of sail, 1786-1861. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-184832-204-2.