French ship Auguste (1811)

The Auguste was an 80-gun Bucentaure-class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Auguste.
The Robuste, sister-ship of the Auguste
History
France
Name: Auguste
Ordered: 31 August 1807
Builder: Anvers, Belgium
Laid down: 1807
Launched: 25 April 1811
Stricken: 1827
General characteristics
Class and type: Bucentaure-class
Type: ship of the line
Length:
  • 55.88 m (183.33 ft) (overall)
  • 53.92 m (176.90 ft) (keel)
Beam: 15.27 m (50.10 ft)
Depth of hold: 7.63 m (25.03 ft)
Propulsion: Sail
Sail plan: 2,683 m2 (28,879.57 sq ft)
Complement: 866
Armament:
  • 80 guns
  • 30 × 36-pounders
  • 32 × 24-pounders
  • 18 × 12-pounders
  • 6 × 36-pounder howitzers

In 1812, she was part of Gourdon's squadron.

She was renamed Illustre in March 1814, following the Bourbon Restoration. The Treaty of Fontainebleau left her to France, and with 11 other ships of the line, she sailed to her new station in Brest in October.

She was disarmed the next month, and never sailed again. In a state of disrepair, she was broken up in 1827.

References
  • Jean-Michel Roche, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, tome I
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