French ship Magnanime (1803)

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

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

Magnanime towing Commerce de Paris, by Ange-Joseph Antoine Roux, 1809.
History
France
Name:	Magnanime
Builder:	Rochefort
Laid down:	June 1802
Launched:	18 August 1803
Decommissioned:	1816
General characteristics [1]
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 m^2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament:	74 guns: Lower gundeck: 28 × 36-pounder long guns Upper gundeck: 30 × 18-pounder long guns Forecastle and Quarter deck: 16 × 8-pounder long guns 4 × 36-pounder carronades
Armour:	Timber

Magnanime aided by Armide captures HMS Calcutta on 26 September 1805

Her keel was laid in June 1802, and she was launched in Rochefort on 18 August 1803.

She took part in Allemand's expedition of 1805 under Captain Pierre-Francois Violette. On 26 September 1805, flanked by Armide, she attacked and captured HMS Calcutta.

She was decommissioned in 1816.

See also

• List of ships of the line of France

References

1. 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.

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.