French ship Thémistocle (1791)

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|Ship country=France

|Ship flag={{Shipboxflag|Kingdom of France|naval}} Image:Flag of French-Navy-Revolution.svg {{Shipboxflag|France|naval}}

|Ship name=Thémistocle

|Ship namesake=Themistocles

|Ship ordered=19 October 1787

|Ship builder=LorientRoche, vol.1, p.435

|Ship laid down=1 September 1789

|Ship launched=12 September 1791

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|Ship completed=September 1792

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|Ship fate=Burnt 18 December 1793

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|Header caption={{cite web |url=http://dossiersmarine.free.fr/fs_v_V4.html |title=La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques |first=Alain |last=Clouet |work=dossiersmarine.free.fr |year=2007 |access-date=4 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323150546/http://dossiersmarine.free.fr/fs_v_V4.html |archive-date=23 March 2013 }}

|Ship class={{sclass|Téméraire|ship of the line}}

|Ship displacement=*2,966 tonnes

  • 5,260 tonnes fully loaded

|Ship length={{convert|55.87|m|ft}} (172 pied)

|Ship beam={{convert|14.90|m|ftin}}

|Ship draught={{convert|7.26|m|ft}} (22 pied)

|Ship propulsion=Up to {{convert|2485|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} of sails

|Ship armament=*74 guns:

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Thémistocle was a {{sclass|Téméraire|ship of the line|0}} 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

Career

Built in Lorient, Thémistocle was transferred to the Mediterranean soon after her commissioning to reinforce the squadron under Admiral Truguet. Seized by the British at the surrendering of Toulon by a Royalist cabale, she was used as a prison hulk during the Siege of Toulon. At the fall of the city, Captain Sidney Smith had her scuttled by fire, along with Héros.

The wreck was refloated in 1804 to be broken up.

Citations

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References

  • {{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=435}}

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Category:Ships of the line of the French Navy

Category:Téméraire-class ships of the line

Category:1791 ships

Category:Maritime incidents in 1793

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