French ship Magnanime (1803)
For other ships of the same name, see French ship Magnanime.
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 France
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| Name: | Magnanime |
| Builder: | Rochefort |
| Laid down: | June 1802 |
| Launched: | 18 August 1803 |
| Decommissioned: | 1816 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type: | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
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| 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 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails |
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| Armour: | Timber |
Magnanime was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
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
References
- ↑ Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr (in French). 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.
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