French ship Golymin (1809)

Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Golymin (1809), on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
Name: Golymin
Namesake: Battle of Golymin
Ordered: 4 June 1804, as Inflexible[1]
Builder: Caudan, Lorient[1]
Laid down: 4 June 1804[1]
Launched: 8 February 1809[1]
In service: 1 January 1812[1]
Fate: Wrecked on Mengam Rock on 23 March 1814[1]
General characteristics
Class and type: Téméraire class ship of the line
Displacement:
  • 2966 tonnes
  • 5260 tonnes fully loaded
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:
Armour: Timber

The Golymin was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy (of the Duquesne sub-class). Built in Lorient in 1804, she was launched in 1809. Wrecked on Mengam Rock in the roads of Brest on 23 March 1814,[1][2] she is the source of the Obusier de vaisseau currently on display in the Musée national de la Marine in Paris and in Brest.[3]

Career

She was commissioned under Captain Amand Leduc on 1 January 1812,[1] taking part in Allemand's escape from Lorient in March.[4]

On 23 March 1814, Golymin was despatched from Brest to assist two frigates inbound for the harbour,[4] but a gust of wind pushed her on Mengam Rock,[1] where she was wrecked and sank.[4] The crew managed to abandon ship in good order and was ferried ashore by boats without loss of life.[4] Leduc was court-martialled and found innocent of the loss of the ship on 15 July 1814.[4]

The wreck was discovered in 1977 by Michèle and Jean-Marie Retornaz,[5] and explored by the DRASSM in 1980.[3]

Sources and references

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Roche, vol.1, p.228
  2. ↑ Troude, p. 181
  3. 1 2 Obusier de 36, modèle 1787 ; Obusier de vaisseau, Mobilier de fouille du Golymin, 1814, Musée national de la Marine
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Quintin, p.214
  5. ↑ Label of the Obusier de Vaisseau on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Brest, D 2003.2241.212

Sources

  • Quintin, Danielle; Quintin, Bernard (2003). Dictionnaire des capitaines de Vaisseau de Napoléon (in French). S.P.M. 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. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). 4. Challamel ainé.
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