French ship Suffren (1803)
{{short description|Ship of the line of the French Navy}}
{{Other ships|French ship Suffren}}
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{{Téméraire class default image}} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = France | Ship flag = Image:Flag of France (1814–1830).svg Image:Flag of French-Navy-Revolution.svg Image:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg | Ship name = Suffren | Ship namesake = Admiral Pierre André de Suffren | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Lorient | Ship laid down = 7 August 1801 | Ship launched = 17 September 1803 | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = 1815 | Ship renamed = | Ship captured = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship fate = Broken up in 1823 | Ship honours = | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = {{sclass|Téméraire|ship of the line}} | Ship displacement = *2,966 tonnes
| Ship length = {{convert|55.87|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (172 French feet) | Ship beam = {{convert|14.90|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (44 French feet 6 French inches) | Ship draught = {{convert|7.26|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (22 French feet) | Ship propulsion = Up to {{cvt|2485|m2}} of sails | Ship speed = | Ship range = | Ship endurance = | Ship test depth = | Ship boats = | Ship capacity = | Ship complement = 678 men | Ship armament = *74 guns:
| Ship armour = Timber | Ship motto = | Ship nickname = | Ship honours = | Ship notes = | Ship badge = }} |
The Suffren was a {{sclass|Téméraire|ship of the line|0}} 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
Suffren took part in Allemand's expedition of 1805 under Captain Amable Troude.
She operated in the Mediterranean until the end of the First Empire, and was decommissioned shortly thereafter.
Suffren was razeed in 1816, and used as a prison hulk on Toulon harbour.
She was eventually broken up in 1823.
Sources and references
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130323150546/http://dossiersmarine.free.fr/fs_v_V4.html Ships of the line]
- {{Cite book|first=Jean-Michel |last=Roche |year=2005 |title=Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870 |isbn=978-2-9525917-0-6 |oclc=165892922|page=424 }}
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Category:Ships of the line of the French Navy
Category:Téméraire-class ships of the line
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