French ship Pacificateur (1804)

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

Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Pacificateur (1804), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
Name: Pacificateur
Namesake: "Peacemaker"
Builder: Brest[1]
Laid down: May 1801[1][2]
Fate: Broken up on stack 1804
General characteristics
Class and type: Téméraire class ship of the line
Displacement:
  • 2 966 tonnes
  • 5 260 tonnes fully loaded
Length: 55.87 m (183.3 ft) (172 French feet)
Beam: 14.90 m (48.9 ft) (44' 6)
Draught: 7.26 m (23.8 ft) (22 French feet)
Propulsion: Up to 2 485 m² of sails
Complement: 678 men
Armament:
Armour: Timber

Career

Pacificateur was started at Brest in May 1801, under the supervision of engineer Antoine Geoffroy and after plans by Sané.[1] In 1804, recurrent difficulties in bringing construction timber to Brest, compounded by a criminal fire at the arsenal in February, led Bonaparte to order all construction ceased there.[1]

Notes

    Citations
    1. Demerliac, p.74, no 515
    2. Roche, vol.1, p.337

    References
    • Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine du Consulat et du Premier Empire: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1800 à 1815 (in French). Éditions Ancre. p. 81. ISBN 2-903179-30-1.
    • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. p. 337. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.


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