French ship Friedland (1810)
Appearance
![]() 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
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History | |
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Name | Friedland[1] |
Namesake | Battle of Friedland |
Ordered | June 1807[1] |
Builder | Holland |
Laid down | 1807[1] |
Launched | 2 May 1810[1] |
In service | 4 January 1811[1] |
Stricken | 1814 |
Fate | Acquired by Holland, broken up 1823 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Bucentaure-class ship of the line |
Length |
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Beam | 15.3 m (50.20 ft) |
Depth of hold | 7.6 m (24.93 ft) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Sail plan | 2,683 m2 (28,879.57 sq ft) |
Complement | 866 |
Armament |
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The Friedland was an 80-gun Bucentaure-class ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané.
Career
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- 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.