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French ship Souverain (1819)

Decoration pannel from Souverain (1819) mg 5215.jpg
Decorative aft panel of Souverain, on display at Toulon naval museum
History
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Namesake: "Sovereign"
Builder: Toulon
Laid down: 1813
Launched: 1819
Fate: Scrapped in 1905
General characteristics
Class and type: Océan class ship of the line
Displacement: 2 700 tonnes
Length: 65.18 m (213.8 ft) (196,6 French feet)
Beam: 16.24 m (53.3 ft) (50 French feet)
Draught: 8.12 m (26.6 ft) (25 French feet)
Propulsion:
  • sail, 3 265 m²
  • 2400 shp steam engine (from 1853)
Complement: 1 079 men
Armament:

Souverain was an Océan type 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was launched in 1819 and transformed into a steam ship in 1853.

In 1853, she was refitted to receive a 2,400 shp (1,800 kW) steam engine.

From 1857, she was as a gunnery school in Toulon until she was replaced in this role by Couronne in 1885, and later as a barracks hulk. She was broken up in 1905.

Souverain as a hulk in Toulon harbour



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