French ship Couronne (1824)

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Scale model of the Achille, sister-ship of the Couronne, on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris
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Name: Couronne
Namesake: Crown
Builder: Brest
Laid down: 1813
Launched: 1824
Fate: Broken up in 1870
General characteristics
Class and type: Téméraire class ship of the line
Displacement:

2 966 tonnes

5 260 tonnes fully loaded
Length: 55.87 metres (172 French feet)
Beam: 14.90 metres (44' 6)
Draught: 7.26 metres (22 French feet)
Propulsion: Up to 2 485 m² of sails
Complement: 678 men
Armament:

74 guns:

  • Lower gundeck: 28 x 36-pdr long guns
  • Upper gundeck: 30 x 24-pdr long guns
  • Forecastle and Quarter deck:
16 x 8-pdr long guns
4 x 36-pdr carronades
Armour: Timber

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

In 1830, she took part in the Invasion of Algeria.

She was later renamed Barricade, and Duperré after Duperré's death.

She was used as a hulk from 17 August 1869, and broken up the next year.

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