French ship Thémistocle (1791)

Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Thémistocle (1791), on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
Name: Thémistocle
Namesake: Themistocles
Ordered: 19 October 1787[1]
Builder: Lorient[1]
Laid down: 1 September 1789 [1]
Launched: 12 September 1790 [1]
Decommissioned: September 1793[1]
General characteristics [2]
Class and type: Téméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement:
  • 2,966 tonnes
  • 5,260 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

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

Career

Built in Lorient, Thémistocle was transferred to the Mediterranean soon after her commissioning to reinforce the squadron under Admiral Truguet.[1] Seized by the British at the surrendering of Toulon by a Royalist cabale, she was used as a prison hulk during the Siege of Toulon. At the fall of the city, Captain Sidney Smith had her scuttled by fire, along with Héros.[1]

The wreck was refloated in 1804 to be broken up.[1]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes
    Citations
    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Roche, vol.1, p.435
    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.
    References
    • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 435. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.


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