French ship Provence (1815)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Provence and French ship Hercule.

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

The Provence during the invasion of Algiers in 1830, by Lebreton.
History
France
Name	Provence
Namesake	Provence
Builder	Toulon
Laid down	5 November 1812, as Kremlin
Launched	26 May 1815 as Hercule
Commissioned	August 1827
Renamed	Provence, 9 April 1814 Hercule, 23 March 1815 Provence, 15 July 1815 Alger, 15 July 1830
Stricken	31 December 1855
Fate	Broken up 1881
General characteristics
Class and type	Téméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement	2,966 tonnes 5,260 tonnes fully loaded
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	74 guns: Lower gundeck: 28 × 36-pounder long guns Upper gundeck: 30 × 18-pounder long guns Forecastle and Quarter deck: 16 × 8-pounder long guns 4 × 36-pounder carronades
Armour	Timber

Her keel was laid down in Toulon in 1812 as Kremlin. During her construction, she was renamed Provence during the Bourbon Restoration, Hercule briefly during the Hundred Days, when she was launched, and back to Provence from July 1815.

She was commissioned after 12 years, in 1827, but sustained heavy damage when she collided with the Scipion which was returning from the Battle of Navarino, and had to return to Toulon for repairs.

After the "fan incident", she sailed for Algiers to attempt talks, arriving on 3 August 1829. In July 1830, she was the flagship of Vice-admiral Duperré for the Invasion of Algiers in 1830. On 17 July 1830, she was renamed Alger to celebrate the capitulation of the city.

In 1831, Alger took part in the Battle of the Tagus, under Captain Jacques Leblanc, and later in the Crimean war, bombarding Sevastopol.

From 1855, she was used as a hospital hulk, and was eventually broken up in 1881.

See also

• List of ships of the line of France