French ship République française (1802)

	1/48 scale model of the Océan class 120-gun ship of the line Commerce de Marseille. On display at Marseille naval museum.
History
France
Namesake	French Republic
Builder	Pierre Rolland, Rochefort Dyd
Laid down	March 1794
Launched	18 April 1802
Completed	August 1803
Fate	Scrapped 1839
General characteristics
Class and type	Océan class ship of the line
Displacement	2 700 tonnes
Length	65.18 m (213.8 ft) (196,6 French feet)
Beam	16.24 m (53.3 ft) (50 French feet)
Draught	8.12 m (26.6 ft) (25 French feet)
Propulsion	sail, 3 265 m²
Complement	1 079 men
Armament	Rated as 120-gun:; lower deck: 32 36-pounder guns; middle deck: 34 24-pounder guns; upper deck: 34 12-pounder guns; forecastle: 18 8-pounder guns, 6 36-pounder carronades;
Armour	Timber

The République française was a first-rate 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, of the Océan type, designed by Jacques-Noël Sané and built by Pierre Rolland.

Le Majestueux at the burning of Rousseau on 22 February 1805[1]

She was begun at Rochefort in 1794 as the Majesteux, but was given the name République française later that same year. She resumed the name Majestueux in February 1803, prior to being completed in August 1803. She took part in Allemand's expedition of 1805. Scrapped in 1839.

Citations

Marley, David F. (11 February 2008). Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the Western Hemisphere, 2nd Edition [2 volumes]: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the Western Hemisphere. ISBN 9781598841015.

References

Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

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[1] Marley, David F. (11 February 2008). Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the Western Hemisphere, 2nd Edition [2 volumes]: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the Western Hemisphere. ISBN 9781598841015.