Model of Artésien
Class overview
NameArtésien
Operators French Navy
In commission1771-1785 [1]
Planned5 [1]
Completed5
General characteristics
TypeShip of the line
Displacement1200 tonnes [2]
Length52.2 m (171 ft) [2]
Beam13.2 m (43 ft) [2]
Draught6.4 m (21 ft) [2]
PropulsionSail
Armament
ArmourTimber

The Artésien class was a type of 64-gun ships of the line of the French Navy. A highly detailed and accurate model of Artésien, lead ship of the class, was part of the Trianon model collection and is now on display at Paris naval museum.

Ships in class

Builder:
Begun:
Launched: 1765
Completed:
Fate:
  • Alexandre
Builder:
Begun:
Launched: 1771
Completed:
Fate:
Builder:
Begun:
Launched: 1771
Completed:
Fate:
Builder:
Begun:
Launched: 1772
Completed:
Fate:
Builder:
Begun:
Launched: 1772
Completed:
Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy on 24 February 1780 and commissioned as HMS Prothee. Used as a prison ship from 1799 and broken up September 1815[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Roche, p. 507
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Roche, p. 52
  3. ↑ Colledge, J.J. (2003). Ships of the Royal Navy : the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th century to the present (Rev.. ed.). Chatham. p. 260. ISBN 1-85367-566-0.

Sources

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