French ship Souverain (1819)

Decorative aft panel of Souverain, on display at Toulon naval museum
History
France
Namesake: "Sovereign"
Builder: Toulon[1]
Laid down: 1813 [1]
Launched: 1819 [1]
Fate: Scrapped in 1905 [1]
General characteristics
Class and type: Océan class ship of the line
Displacement: 2 700 tonnes
Length: 65.18 m (213.8 ft) (196,6 French feet)
Beam: 16.24 m (53.3 ft) (50 French feet)
Draught: 8.12 m (26.6 ft) (25 French feet)
Propulsion:
  • sail, 3 265 m²
  • 2400 shp steam engine (from 1853)
Complement: 1 079 men
Armament:

Souverain was an Océan type 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was launched in 1819 and transformed into a steam ship in 1853.

Service history

In 1853, she was refitted to receive a 2,400 shp (1,800 kW) steam engine.

From 1857, she was as a gunnery school in Toulon until she was replaced in this role by Couronne in 1885[2] and later as a barracks hulk. She was broken up in 1905.

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

    Citations

    1. 1 2 3 4 Roche, vol.1, p.421
    2. ↑ Le Souverain (1819 – 1885), Nicolas Mioque

    References

    • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 421. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
    • (in French) Le Souverain (1819 – 1885), Nicolas Mioque
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