French ship Scipion (1790)

For other ships of the same name, see French ship Scipion.
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Scipion (1790), on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
Name: Scipion
Namesake: Scipio Africanus
Ordered: 19 October 1787[1]
Builder: Toulon[1]
Laid down: 1789 [1]
Launched: 30 July 1790 [1]
Decommissioned: 1793[1]
General characteristics [2]
Class and type: Téméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement:
  • 2,966 tonnes
  • 5,260 tonnes fully loaded
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
Armament:
Armour: Timber

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

Career

In 1792, Scipion took part in operations against Nice, Villefranche and Oneille. In December, she joined the division under Admiral Latouche Tréville, and assisted the damaged Languedoc during the storm of 21 to 23 of that month.[1]

Captured by the British after the surrendering of Toulon by a Royalist cabale, she was commissioned with a crew of French rebels. On 28 November 1793, she caught fire by accident in the harbour of Livorno and exploded, killing 86 including her commanding officer, Captain Degoy.[1]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes
    Citations
    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Roche, vol.1, p.408
    2. ↑ Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
    References
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