French ship Diadème (1811)

For other ships of the same name, see French ship Diadème.

History
The Robuste, sister-ship of the Diadème
France
Name:	Diadème
Namesake:	Diadem
Ordered:	29 October 1807
Builder:	Lorient
Laid down:	November 1807
Launched:	30 November 1811
Struck:	21 January 1856
General characteristics
Class & type:	Bucentaure-class ship of the line
Length:	55.88 m (183 ft 4 in) (overall) 53.92 m (176 ft 11 in) (keel)
Beam:	15.27 m (50 ft 1 in)
Depth of hold:	7.63 m (25 ft 0 in)
Propulsion:	Sail
Sail plan:	2,683 m² (28,880 sq ft)
Complement:	866
Armament:	86 guns 30 × 36-pounders 32 × 24-pounders 18 × 12-pounders 6 × 36-pounder howitzers

Diadème was an 86-gun Bucentaure-class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Jacques-Noël Sané.

Commissioned in Lorient in January 1812, Diadème was disarmed at the Bourbon Restoration. She had major refits in 1822 and 1833, and was reactivated in 1826 to join the squadron of the Mediterranean.

From 1856, she was used as a barracks hulk.

References

Roche, Jean-Michel, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, tome I

Bucentaure-class ship-of-the-line

Bucentaure Neptune (1803) Robuste Ville de Varsovie Donawerth Eylau Friedland Sceptre Tilsitt Auguste Pacificateur Illustre Diadème Conquérant Duquesne Magnifique Centaure Neptune (1818) Algésiras Jupiter Vesuvio Mars Alexandre Tibre Atlas Fougueux

Preceded by: Tonnant class Followed by: Suffren class List of ships of the line of France

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