French ship Couronne (1824)

Couronne was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Couronne and French ship Duperré.
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Couronne (1824), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
Name: Couronne
Namesake: Crown
Builder: Brest
Laid down: 1813
Launched: 1824
Renamed:
  • Barricade, 1848-49
  • Duperré, 1849
Fate: Broken up in 1870
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Téméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement:
  • 2,966 tonnes
  • 5,260 tonnes fully loaded
Length: 55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam: 14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught: 7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
Propulsion: Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament:
Armour: Timber

Career

She participated in the Crimean War. On 22 July 1854, she ran aground in the Åland Islands, Grand Duchy of Finland but was undamaged.[2] She was refloated with the assistance of HMS Driver and HMS Hecla.[3] She took part in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830. She was later renamed Barricade, and Duperré after Admiral Duperré's death. She was used as a hulk from 17 August 1859, and broken up the next year.[1]

See also

References
  1. Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire". dossiersmarine.free.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  2. "The Baltic Fleet". The Times (21808). London. 1 August 1854. col E-F, p. 10.
  3. "The Baltic Fleet". Daily News (2560). London. 3 August 1854.
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