Bucentaure class ship of the line
The Robuste
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Bucentaure |
| Builders: | Toulon, Lorient, Rochefort, Antwerp, Cherbourg |
| Operators: |
 French Navy
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| Preceded by: | Tonnant-class ship of the line |
| Succeeded by: | Suffren-class ship of the line |
| In service: | 1804–63 |
| Completed: | 21 |
| Cancelled: | 8+ |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Bucentaure-class |
| Type: | ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 2000 tonnes |
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| Beam: | 15.3 m (50.20 ft) |
| Depth of hold: | 7.8 m (25.59 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Sail plan: | 2,683 m2 (28,879.57 sq ft) |
| Complement: | 866 |
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The Bucentaure class was a class of 80-gun French ships of the line built to a design by Jacques-Noël Sané from 1802 onwards, of which at least 29 were ordered but only 21 ships were launched. They were a development from his earlier Tonnant class.
No other vessels of this design were completed, the following were begun at Antwerp, but taken over in 1814 by the Netherlands, and broken up on the stocks.
A further ship to this same design was begun as the Saturno in May 1812 at Venice, and was renamed Ems by the Austrians following their seizure of that city, but was broken up on the stocks in 1818-19. A second ship was ordered at Venice in 1813, but was never laid down. Finally a further ship of this class was ordered in 1812 at Rochefort, but was never laid down or even assigned a name.
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