French ship Magnifique (1814)
The Robuste, sister-ship of the Magnifique | |
History | |
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France | |
Name: | Magnifique |
Namesake: | Magnificant |
Ordered: | 29 October 1807 |
Builder: | Lorient |
Laid down: | January 1809 |
Launched: | 29 October 1814 |
Struck: | 23 September 1837 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Bucentaure-class |
Type: | ship of the line |
Length: |
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Beam: | 15.27 m (50.10 ft) |
Depth of hold: | 7.63 m (25.03 ft) |
Propulsion: | Sail |
Sail plan: | 2,683 m2 (28,879.57 sq ft) |
Complement: | 866 |
Armament: | 86 guns |
The Magnifique was an 86-gun Bucentaure-class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané.
She was commissioned in Lorient on 1 November 1814.
She had an uneventful career, with a refit in 1831, before being broken up in December 1837.
References
- Jean-Michel Roche, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, tome I
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