French ship Colosse (1813)

History
France
Name	Colosse
Namesake	"Colossus"; Pallas Athena
Ordered	20 February 1812
Builder	Toulon
Launched	5 December 1813
Renamed	Pallas in 1821
Fate	Broken up in 1840
General characteristics [1]
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-pdr carronades;
Armour	Timber

Colosse was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. Between 1815 and 1827, her forecastle and quarterdeck were razéed and she was turned into the flush deck, 60-gun first rank frigate Pallas.

Career

Colosse was ordered on 20 February 1812. She was launched on 5 December 1813, amidst a ceremony honouring the anniversary of the Battle of Austerlitz, and commissioned in January 1814 under Captain Louvel.

In 1821, she cruised in the Caribbean under Captain Ducampe de Rosamel. During the events of the "Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis", she took part in the bombardment of Cadiz under Captain de la Bretonnière.

Between 1815 and 1827, her forecastle and quarterdeck were razéed, and she was turned into a 60-gun first rank frigate, with two complete batteries, and renamed Pallas.

As Pallas, she took part in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830, and in the Battle of the Tagus, under Captain Buchet de Châteauville. Upon her return, she was decommissioned, and condemned in 1840.

Citations

Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.

References

Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870 (in French). Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 120. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
"Fonds Marine. Campagnes (opérations ; divisions et stations navales ; missions diverses). Inventaire de la sous-série Marine BB4. Tome deuxième : BB4 1 à 482 (1790-1826)". Service historique de la défense (in French). 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-04-22. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
Cosmao Dumanoir, Philippe (2013). "Julien Cosmao Kerjulien (1761-1825)". cosmaodumanoir.fr (in French).

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[1] Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.