French ship Iéna (1814)

The Iéna was a Commerce de Paris class 110-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Iéna.
Silver scale model of the Commerce de Paris, sister-ship of the Iéna, on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
Namesake: Battle of Jena-Auerstedt
Builder: Rochefort shipyard
Laid down: 6 March 1805
Launched: 30 August 1814
Commissioned: 26 November 1814
Decommissioned: 31 December 1864
General characteristics
Class and type: 110-gun Commerce de Paris class ship of the line
Length: 62.5 m (205 ft)
Beam: 16.3 m (53 ft)
Draught: 8.1 m (27 ft)
Complement: 1060 men
Armament:

She was laid down on 6 March 1805 as Victorieux ("Victor").

During her construction, she was renamed Iéna in January 1807, and Duc d'Angoulême in July 1814 with the Bourbon Restoration. She was launched on 30 August 1814. The next year, during the Hundred Days, she briefly took back the name of Iéna in March, and was renamed Duc d'Angoulême again in July. On 9 August 1830, following the July Revolution, she again took the name of Iéna.

In 1854, she took part in the Crimean War. On 14 November, she was driven ashore in the Dardanelles.[1] Iéna was converted to a troopship in 1855.

She was struck on 31 December 1864, and served as a hulk in Toulon until 1915.

References
  1. "Storm in the Black Sea". The Aberdeen Journal (5578). Aberdeen. 14 December 1854.
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