Decorative aft panel of Souverain, on display at Toulon naval museum
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History | |
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France | |
Namesake: | "Sovereign" |
Builder: | Toulon |
Laid down: | 1813 |
Launched: | 1819 |
Fate: | Scrapped in 1905 |
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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) |
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Complement: | 1 079 men |
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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