French ship Sceptre (1810)

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

History
The Robuste, sister-ship of the Sceptre
France
Name:	Sceptre
Ordered:	26 December 1808
Builder:	Toulon
Laid down:	1809
Launched:	15 August 1810
Struck:	1828
Fate:	Burnt 1830 in Toulon.
General characteristics
Class & type:	Bucentaure-class
Type:	ship of the line
Length:	55.88 m (183.33 ft) (overall) 53.92 m (176.90 ft) (keel)
Beam:	15.27 m (50.10 ft)
Depth of hold:	7.63 m (25.03 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 Sceptre was an 80-gun Bucentaure-class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané.

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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