French ship République française (1802)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Majestueux and French ship République française.

The République française was a first-rate 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, of the Océan type, designed by Jacques-Noël Sané and built by Pierre Rolland.

1/48 scale model of the Océan class 120-gun ship of the line Commerce de Marseille. On display at Marseille naval museum.
History
France
Namesake	French Republic
Builder	Pierre Rolland, Rochefort Dyd
Laid down	March 1794
Launched	18 April 1802
Completed	August 1803
Fate	Scrapped 1839
General characteristics
Class and type	Océan class ship of the line
Displacement	2,700 tonnes
Length	65.18 m (213.8 ft) (196,6 French feet)
Beam	16.24 m (53.3 ft) (50 French feet)
Draught	8.12 m (26.6 ft) (25 French feet)
Propulsion	sail, 3,265 m2
Complement	1,079 men
Armament	Rated as 120-gun: lower deck: 32 36-pounder guns middle deck: 34 24-pounder guns upper deck: 34 12-pounder guns forecastle: 18 8-pounder guns, 6 36-pounder carronades
Armour	Timber

Le Majestueux at the burning of Rousseau on 22 February 1805

She was begun at Rochefort in 1794 as the Majesteux, but was given the name République française later that same year. She resumed the name Majestueux in February 1803, prior to being completed in August 1803. She took part in Allemand's expedition of 1805. Scrapped in 1839.

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.