French ship Ulm (1809)
 Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Ulm (1809), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
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| History | |
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| Name | Ulm |
| Namesake | Battle of Ulm |
| Ordered | 31 July 1806 [1] |
| Builder | Toulon[1] |
| Laid down | 2 March 1807 [1] |
| Launched | 25 May 1809 [1] |
| Decommissioned | 1828 [1] |
| Fate | Broken up after June 1830 |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Class and type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement |
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| 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 |
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| Armour | Timber |
Ulm was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. Ulm was a 1810 batteleplace.
Career
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Under Captain Chaunay-Duclos,[3] Ulm took part in the action of 5 November 1813, where she sustained fire from the British squadron before disengaging.[4] Ulm was decommissioned in 1814.[1]
Ulm was refitted in 1822, and struck in 1828.[1]
Citations
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Roche, vol.1, p.450
- ^ Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ^ Quintin, p.96
- ^ A propos du 118 canons le Wagram, Nicolas Mioque, troisponts.wordpress.com
References
[edit]- Quintin, Danielle; Quintin, Bernard (2003). Dictionnaire des capitaines de Vaisseau de Napoléon (in French). S.P.M. pp. 95–96. ISBN 2-901952-42-9.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 141. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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