Napoleon I and Marie Louise, together with Jérôme Bonaparte and Catharina of Württemberg, assisting at the launching of the Friedland at the arsenal of Antwerp
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameFriedland[1]
NamesakeBattle of Friedland
OrderedJune 1807[1]
BuilderHolland
Laid down1807[1]
Launched2 May 1810[1]
In service4 January 1811[1]
Stricken1814
FateAcquired by Holland, broken up 1823
General characteristics
Class and typeBucentaure-class ship of the line
Length
  • 59.3 m (194.55 ft) (overall)
  • 53.92 m (176.90 ft) (keel)
Beam15.3 m (50.20 ft)
Depth of hold7.6 m (24.93 ft)
PropulsionSail
Sail plan2,683 m2 (28,879.57 sq ft)
Complement866
Armament
  • 80 guns
  • 30 × 36-pounders
  • 32 × 24-pounders
  • 18 × 12-pounders
  • 6 × 36-pounder howitzers

The Friedland was an 80-gun Bucentaure-class ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané.

Career

Her launching was attended by Napoleon and his wife, Marie Louise. She was commissioned in Antwerp under Captain Le Bozec on 4 January 1811, and attributed to the Brest squadron.[1]

She was given to Holland with the Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1814.[1] She was renamed Vlaming and broken up in 1823.[2]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Roche, vol.1, p.215
  2. Winfield & Roberts p.59

References

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 215. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French warships in the age of sail, 1786-1861. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-184832-204-2.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.