French ship Audacieux (1816)

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

Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Audacieux (1816), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
NameAudacieux
BuilderSchuyt, Amsterdam[1]
Laid down1812
LaunchedOctober 1816
FateSeized on slip by Holland 1813, wrecked 16 January 1827
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeTéméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement
  • 2,966 tonnes
  • 5,260 tonnes fully loaded
Length55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
PropulsionUp to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament
ArmourTimber

Career

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Audacieux was one of the ships built in the various shipyards captured by the First French Empire in Holland and Italy in a crash programme to replenish the ranks of the French Navy.

The Dutch seized Audacieux when the French evacuated Amsterdam on 14 November 1813 and commissioned her as Coalitie, later renamed to Wassenaar. She was wrecked on 16 January 1827.[3]

Citations

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  1. ^ Roche, vol.1, p.56
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Winfield & Roberts p.97

References

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  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. Roche. p. 56. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S (2015). French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786—1862: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.