French ship Duguay-Trouin (1813)

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

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Duguay-Trouin.
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Duguay-Trouin (1813), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
Name: Duguay-Trouin
Namesake: René Duguay-Trouin.
Builder: Cherbourg[1]
Laid down: 6 May 1811 [1]
Launched: 10 November 1813 [1]
Decommissioned: 1826 [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

Career

Construction of Duguay-Trouin was started in 1810 at Le Havre, but her timber was transferred to Cherbourg after September 1810 and she was completed there.[1]

She was struck in 1826.[1]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

    Citations
    1. Roche, vol.1, p.161-162
    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
    • Quintin, Danielle; Quintin, Bernard (2003). Dictionnaire des capitaines de Vaisseau de Napoléon (in French). S.P.M. p. 67. ISBN 2-901952-42-9.
    • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 161-162. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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