French ship Souverain (1819)

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Decorative aft panel of Souverain, on display at Toulon naval museum
Career (France)
Namesake: "Sovereign"
Builder: Toulon
Laid down: 1813
Launched: 1819
Fate: Scrapped in 1905
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
2400 shp steam engine (from 1853)
Complement:1 079 men
Armament:Rated as 120-gun:

lower deck: 32 36-pounder guns
middle deck: 34 24-pounder guns
upper deck: 34 18-pounder guns

forecastle: 18 8-pounder guns, 6 36-pounder carronades

Souverain was an Océan type 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was launched in 1819 and transformed into a steam ship in 1853.

In 1853, she was refitted to receive a 2,400 shp (1,800 kW) steam engine.

From 1857, she was as a gunnery school in Toulon, and later as a barracks hulk. She was broken up in 1905.

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