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French ship Friedland (1810)

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Napoleon I and Marie Louise, together with Jérôme Bonaparte and Catharina of Württemberg, assisting at the launching of the Friedland at the arsenal of Antwerp
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameFriedland[1]
NamesakeBattle of Friedland
OrderedJune 1807[1]
BuilderHolland
Laid down1807[1]
Launched2 May 1810[1]
In service4 January 1811[1]
Stricken1814
FateAcquired by Holland, broken up 1823
General characteristics
Class and typeBucentaure-class ship of the line
Length
  • 59.3 m (194.55 ft) (overall)
  • 53.92 m (176.90 ft) (keel)
Beam15.3 m (50.20 ft)
Depth of hold7.6 m (24.93 ft)
PropulsionSail
Sail plan2,683 m2 (28,879.57 sq ft)
Complement866
Armament
  • 80 guns
  • 30 × 36-pounders
  • 32 × 24-pounders
  • 18 × 12-pounders
  • 6 × 36-pounder howitzers

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

Career

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Her launching was attended by Napoleon and his wife, Marie Louise. She was commissioned in Antwerp under Captain Le Bozec on 4 January 1811, and attributed to the Brest squadron.[1]

She was given to Holland with the Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1814.[1] She was renamed Vlaming and broken up in 1823.[2]

Citations

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Roche, vol.1, p.215
  2. ^ Winfield & Roberts p.59

References

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  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 215. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French warships in the age of sail, 1786-1861. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-184832-204-2.