French ship Magnifique (1814)
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History | |
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Name | Magnifique |
Namesake | Magnificent |
Ordered | 29 October 1807 |
Builder | Lorient |
Laid down | January 1809 |
Launched | 29 October 1814 |
Stricken | 23 September 1837 |
Fate | Broken up 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 |
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
[edit]- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. Roche. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.