French ship Friedland (1810)

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

History
Napoleon I and Marie Louise, together with Jérôme Bonaparte and Catharina of Württemberg, assisting at the launching of the Friedland at the arsenal of Antwerp
France
Name:	Friedland
Namesake:	Battle of Friedland
Ordered:	June 1807
Builder:	Holland
Laid down:	1807
Launched:	2 May 1810
In service:	4 January 1811
Struck:	1814
General characteristics
Class & type:	Bucentaure-class
Type:	ship of the line
Length:	59.3 m (194.55 ft) (overall) 53.92 m (176.90 ft) (keel)
Beam:	15.3 m (50.20 ft)
Depth of hold:	7.6 m (24.93 ft)
Propulsion:	Sail
Sail plan:	2,683 m² (28,879.57 sq ft)
Complement:	866
Armament:	80 guns 30 × 36-pounders 32 × 24-pounders 18 × 12-pounders 6 × 36-pounder howitzers

The Friedland was an 80-gun Bucentaure-class ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané.

Her launching was attended by Napoleon and his wife, Marie Louise. She was commissioned in Antwerp under Captain Le Bozec on 4 January 1811, and attributed to the Brest squadron.

She was given to Holland with the Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1814.

References

Jean-Michel Roche, 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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