French ship Trajan (1811)

Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Trajan (1811), on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
Name: Trajan
Namesake: Trajan.
Builder: Antwerp[1]
Laid down: September 1807 [1]
Launched: 15 August 1811 [1]
Decommissioned: 1829 [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

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

Career

Commissioned in Antwerp, Trajan served in Missiessy's squadron before being stationed at Antwerp in March, along with Gaulois, for the defence of the town.[1]

At the Bourbon Restoration in 1814, she returned to Brest, where she was decommissioned. In 1822 she was found to be in need of a refit, and was struck in 1827. Trajan was eventually broken up in 1829.[1]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

    Citations

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Roche, vol.1, p.443
    2. ↑ Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr. Retrieved 4 April 2013.

    References

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