French ship Tilsitt (1810)

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

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Tilsitt.
Robuste, sister ship of Tilsitt
History
France
Name: Tilsitt
Namesake: Treaties of Tilsit
Ordered: June 1807
Builder: Anvers, Belgium
Laid down: 1807
Launched: 15 August 1810
Stricken: 10 February 1814
Fate: Broken up in 1818
General characteristics
Class and type: Bucentaure-class ship of the line
Length:
  • 55.88 m (183 ft 4 in) (overall)
  • 53.92 m (176 ft 11 in) (keel)
Beam: 15.27 m (50 ft 1 in)
Depth of hold: 7.63 m (25 ft 0 in)
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

She defended the harbour on Anvers until 1814.

She was given to Holland with the Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1814, and commissioned in the Dutch Navy as Neptunus.

References
  • Jean-Michel Roche, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, tome I
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