French ship Charlemagne (1809)

Charlemagne was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, part of the shorter Borée subtype.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Charlemagne.

Launch of Charlemagne before Napoléon.
History
France
Name:	Charlemagne
Namesake:	Charlemagne
Ordered:	4 January 1803 [1]
Builder:	Antwerp [1]
Laid down:	May 1804 [1]
Launched:	8 April 1807 [1]
Stricken:	30 August 1814 [1]
General characteristics [2]
Class and type:	Téméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement:	2,966 tonnes 5,260 tonnes fully loaded [1]
Length:	54 m (177 ft 2 in) [1]
Beam:	14.3 m (46 ft 11 in) [1]
Draught:	6.7 m (22 ft 0 in) [1]
Propulsion:	Up to 2,485 m^2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails [1]
Complement:	678 men [1]
Armament:	74 guns: Lower gundeck: 28 × 36-pounder long guns Upper gundeck: 30 × 24-pounder long guns Forecastle and Quarter deck: 16 × 8-pounder long guns 4 × 36-pounder carronades

Career

Charlemagne was the first ship of the line to be built in Antwerp according to the wishes of Napoléon, who wanted to expand the French Navy by exploiting shipyards in Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy. In 1807, she was stationed in Vlissingen under Commander Dupotet, in the squadron of Vice-Admiral Missiessy. She aided in the defence of Antwerp against the amphibious raid led by Chatham, and again during the Siege of Antwerp of 1814.

After the Bourbon Restoration, on 30 August 1814, Charlemagne was transferred to the Dutch Navy, as per the Treaty of Paris. The Dutch brought her into service as Naussau.

Notes and references

Notes

1. Roche, p.110
2. Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr (in French). 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, 1671–1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 110. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.