Triomphante-class corvette-cannonière
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Triomphante |
| Operators |  French Navy |
| Preceded by | Foudre-class corvette-canonnières |
| In commission | 1804–1826 |
| Completed | 4 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Retired | 3 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Corvette-canonnière |
| Displacement | 261 ton (French) |
| Tons burthen | 170 (bm) |
| Length | 27.28 m (89 ft 6 in) (overall); 24.93 m (81 ft 9 in) (keel) |
| Beam | 6.82 m (22 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 2.92 m (9 ft 7 in) |
| Depth of hold | 2.71 m (8 ft 11 in) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Complement | 80 |
| Armament | 4 × 24-pounder long guns |
| Armour | Timber |
The Triomphante class was a class of four small corvettes (described as "corvette-canonnières") built for the French Navy, designed by Jean-Francois Chaumont as a follow-on to the Foudre-class corvette-canonnières (which had been designed by engineer Jean Tupinier to transport Napoleon himself and his general officers and staff during the planned invasion of England).[2] Two of the Triomphante-class were built by Jean Tupinier himself at Le Havre, and two by Jean-Louis Pestel at Honfleur. The vessels were flush-decked and designed to carry a battery of four 24-pounder guns.[3]
Triomphante class (4 ships)
[edit]- Builder: Le Havre Naval Dockyard
(constructed under Jean Tupinier) - Begun: December 1803
- Launched: 5 April 1804
- Completed: May 1804
- Fate: Broken up at Rochefort in July 1826.
- Builder: Jean-Louis Pestel, Honfleur
- Begun: December 1803
- Launched: 11 April 1804
- Completed: May 1804
- Fate: Seized at Antwerp by the Dutch in May 1814.
- Builder: Jean-Louis Pestel, Honfleur
- Begun: December 1803
- Launched: 11 April 1804
- Completed: May 1804
- Fate: Seized at Antwerp by the Dutch in May 1814.
- Builder: Le Havre Naval Dockyard (constructed under Jean Tupinier)
- Begun: December 1803
- Launched: 20 April 1804
- Completed: May 1804
- Fate: Probably burnt by the French at the evacuation of Willemstad, North Brabant in December 1813.
Notes
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[edit]References
[edit]- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671–1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- Winfield, Rif & Stephen S Roberts (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786 - 1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. (Seaforth Publishing). ISBN 9781848322042