French ship Suffren (1803)

The Suffren was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Suffren (1803), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
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NameSuffren
NamesakeAdmiral Pierre André de Suffren
BuilderLorient
Laid down7 August 1801
Launched17 September 1803
Out of service1815
FateBroken up in 1823
General characteristics
Class and typeTéméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement
  • 2,966 tonnes
  • 5,260 tonnes fully loaded
Length55.87 m (183 ft 4 in) (172 French feet)
Beam14.90 m (48 ft 11 in) (44' 6)
Draught7.26 m (23 ft 10 in) (22 French feet)
PropulsionUp to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Complement678 men
Armament
ArmourTimber

Suffren took part in Allemand's expedition of 1805 under Captain Amable Troude.

She operated in the Mediterranean until the end of the First Empire, and was decommissioned shortly thereafter.

Suffren was razeed in 1816, and used as a prison hulk on Toulon harbour.

She was eventually broken up in 1823.

Sources and references

  • Ships of the line
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. p. 424. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.


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