French ship Magnifique (1814)

History
The Robuste, sister-ship of the Magnifique
France
Name:	Magnifique
Namesake:	Magnificant
Ordered:	29 October 1807
Builder:	Lorient
Laid down:	January 1809
Launched:	29 October 1814
Struck:	23 September 1837
General characteristics
Class & type:	Bucentaure-class
Type:	ship of the line
Length:	55.88 m (183.33 ft) (overall) 53.92 m (176.90 ft) (keel)
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
Armament:	86 guns

The Magnifique was an 86-gun Bucentaure-class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané.

She was commissioned in Lorient on 1 November 1814.

She had an uneventful career, with a refit in 1831, before being broken up in December 1837.

References

Jean-Michel Roche, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, tome I

Bucentaure-class ship-of-the-line

Bucentaure Neptune (1803) Robuste Ville de Varsovie Donawerth Eylau Friedland Sceptre Tilsitt Auguste Pacificateur Illustre Diadème Conquérant Duquesne Magnifique Centaure Neptune (1818) Algésiras Jupiter Vesuvio Mars Alexandre Tibre Atlas Fougueux

Preceded by: Tonnant class Followed by: Suffren class List of ships of the line of France

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