French ship Marengo (1810)

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

Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Marengo (1810), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
NameMarengo
NamesakeBattle of Marengo
BuilderLorient shipyard
Laid down18 September 1806
Launched12 October 1810
RenamedPluton 1866
Stricken21 July 1858
FateBroken up in 1873
General characteristics [1]
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

On 5 January, she collided with the Tourville off Brest.

In November 1814, under René Lemarant de Kerdaniel, she took part in the French repossession of Guadeloupe and Martinique.

She took part in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830, and in the Battle of the Tagus under Captain Maillard Liscourt the next year.

Marengo at Sebastopol, during the first day's attack by the allied fleet and armies of France and England on 17 October 1854

In 1854, she took part in the Crimean War.

She was struck on 21 July 1858 and was used as a prison hulk from 1860 to 1865. In 1866, she was renamed Pluton.

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Citations

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  1. ^ Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.

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. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.