French ship Roi-de-Rome (1816)

The Roi de Rome ("King of Rome") was a first-rate 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, of the Océan type, designed by Jacques-Noël Sané.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Sans Pareil and French ship Inflexible.

1/48 scale model of the Océan class 120-gun ship of the line Commerce de Marseille, sister-ship of the Roi-de-Rome. On display at Marseille naval museum.
History
France
Name:	Roi de Rome
General characteristics
Class and type:	Océan class ship of the line
Displacement:	2 700 tonnes
Length:	65.18 m (213.8 ft) (196,6 French feet)
Beam:	16.24 m (53.3 ft) (50 French feet)
Draught:	8.12 m (26.6 ft) (25 French feet)
Propulsion:	sail, 3 265 m²
Complement:	1 079 men
Armament:	Rated as 120-gun: lower deck: 32 36-pounder guns middle deck: 34 24-pounder guns upper deck: 34 18-pounder guns forecastle: 18 8-pounder guns, 6 36-pounder carronades
Armour:	Timber

Ordered as Sans Pareil, she was renamed successively Roi de Rome, Inflexible and back to the Roi de Rome in 1812 alone.

She remained in an unfinished state until 1816, when her wood was found to have rotten, and she was broken up. The sound timbers were used for the refitting of Wagram.

A model of a 80-gun two-decker named Roi de Rome (CnAM 4024) is on display at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris; the ship is fictitious and bears no connection to 120-gun Roi de Rome.[1]

References

Notes

1. Decencière, Patrice (June 2011). "Les collections maritimes du Musée des arts et métiers". Neptunia (262): 37.

Bibliography

• 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.