French ship Trocadéro (1824)
The Trocadéro was a first-rate 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, of the Océan type, designed by Jacques-Noël Sané.
 Explosion of Trocadéro. Drawing by Antoine Morel-Fatio. | |
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| Name | Trocadéro |
| Launched | 14 April 1824 |
| Fate | Destroyed by fire 24 March 1836 |
| 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 |
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| Armour | Timber |
Ordered as Formidable, she was commissioned in Toulon as Trocadéro in 1824.
On 24 March 1836, as she was refitting in Toulon, she was accidentally set afire. The fire destroyed her.[1]
Citations
- Roche p.447
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.
- (in French) L’incendie du Trocadéro à Toulon (1836), Nicolas Mioque
- (in French) La fin du Trocadéro, vaisseau de 1er rang (1836), Nicolas Mioque
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