French ship Couronne (1824)
For other ships with the same name, see French ship Couronne and French ship Duperré.
 Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Couronne (1824), on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris. | |
| History | |
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  France | |
| Name: | Couronne |
| Namesake: | Crown |
| Builder: | Brest |
| Laid down: | 1813 |
| Launched: | 1824 |
| Renamed: |
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| Fate: | Broken up in 1870 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement: |
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| 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: |
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| Armour: | Timber |
Couronne was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
She took part in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830. She was later renamed Barricade, and Duperré after Admiral Duperré's death. She was used as a hulk from 17 August 1859, and broken up the next year.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire". dossiersmarine.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 April 2013.
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