The Pacificateur was a Bucentaure-class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané. She was the first ship to sustain damage from Paixhans shells, during test-firing of Paixhans' canon-obusiers.[1]
 The Robuste, sister ship of the Pacificateur
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| History | |
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| Name | Pacificateur |
| Namesake | Pacifier |
| Ordered | July 1807 |
| Builder | Anvers, Belgium |
| Laid down | 1808 |
| Launched | 1811 |
| In service | 22 May 1811 |
| Stricken | 1824 |
| Fate | Condemned 1824 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Bucentaure-class ship of the line |
| Length |
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| Beam | 15.27 m (50.10 ft) |
| Depth of hold | 7.63 m (25.03 ft) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Sail plan | 2,683 m2 (28,879.57 sq ft) |
| Complement | 866 |
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History
editCommissioned in Antwerp in 1814, Pacificateur remained anchored at the entrance of the harbour to protect it until the Bourbon Restoration. In September 1814, she arrived in Brest, where she stayed until she was condemned, in 1824.
In January 1824, Pacificateur was used as a target ship to test new 22 cm canon-obusiers invented by Henri-Joseph Paixhans.[2] The wooden sides of Pacificateur sustained devastating damage, starting the decline of wooden warships and rise of the ironclads.
References
edit- ^ Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Toulon: JMR. Jean-Michel Roche. p. 337. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6.
- ^ Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Gilbert (1874). The Navy: A Letter to the Earl of Minto, G.C.B., First Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty. Ridgway. p. 43. Retrieved 5 February 2021.