French ship Pacificateur (1811)
The Pacificateur was a Bucentaure-class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané. She is notable for being the first ship to sustain damage from Paixhans shells.
 The Robuste, sister-ship of the Pacificateur | |
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| Name: | Pacificateur |
| Namesake: | Pacifier |
| Ordered: | July 1807 |
| Builder: | Anvers, Belgium |
| Laid down: | 1808 |
| Launched: | 1811 |
| In service: | 22 May 1811 |
| Stricken: | 1824 |
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| Class and type: | Bucentaure-class |
| Type: | ship of the line |
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| Beam: | 15.27 m (50.10 ft) |
| Depth of hold: | 7.63 m (25.03 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Sail plan: | 2,683 m2 (28,879.57 sq ft) |
| Complement: | 866 |
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History
Commissioned in Antwerp in 1814, Pacificateur remained anchored at the entrance of the harbour to protect it until the Bourbon Restoration. In September 1814, she arrived in Brest, where she stayed until she was condemned, in 1824.
For her disposal, it was decided to use Pacificateur as a target ship to test new 22 cm canon-obusiers invented by Henri-Joseph Paixhans. The wooden sides of Pacificateur sustained devastating damages from the explosive shell, starting the decline of wooden warships and rise of the ironclads.
References
- 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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