French ship Couronne (1824)
Couronne was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
![]() Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Couronne (1824), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris. | |
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Name: | Couronne |
Namesake: | Crown |
Builder: | Brest |
Laid down: | 1813 |
Launched: | 1824 |
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Fate: | Broken up in 1870 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type: | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
Displacement: |
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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: |
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Armour: | Timber |
Career
She participated in the Crimean War. On 22 July 1854, she ran aground in the Åland Islands, Grand Duchy of Finland but was undamaged.[2] She was refloated with the assistance of HMS Driver and HMS Hecla.[3] She took part in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830. She was later renamed Barricade, and Duperré after Admiral Duperré's death. She was used as a hulk from 17 August 1859, and broken up the next year.[1]
See also
References
- Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire". dossiersmarine.free.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- "The Baltic Fleet". The Times (21808). London. 1 August 1854. col E-F, p. 10.
- "The Baltic Fleet". Daily News (2560). London. 3 August 1854.
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