French ship Friedland (1840)
Friedland in tow of a steamer, after she ran aground near Constantinople
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| History | |
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| France | |
| Name | Friedland |
| Namesake | Battle of Friedland |
| Builder | Cherbourg |
| Laid down | 1 May 1812 |
| Launched | 4 March 1840 |
| Commissioned | 5 October 1840 |
| Stricken | 31 December 1864 |
| Fate | Broken up 1879 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Océan-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 5,095 t (5,015 long tons) |
| Tons burthen | 2,794–2,930 (bm) |
| Length | 63.83 m (209 ft 5 in) (gun deck) |
| Beam | 16.4 m (53 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 8.14 m (26 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion | sail, 3,250 m2 (35,000 sq ft) |
| Sail plan | full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 1,130 |
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Friedland was a first-rate 118-gun Océan-class ship of the line built for the French Navy during the 1810s. Completed in 1840, the ship did not play a significant role in the Crimean War of 1854–1855. She was proposed for conversion to steam power in 1857, but this was cancelled the following year.
Description
The later Océan-class ships had an length of 63.83 metres (209 ft 5 in) at the gun deck a beam of 16.4 metres (53 ft 10 in) and a depth of hold of 8.12 metres (26 ft 8 in). The ships displaced 5,095 tonnes (5,015 long tons) and had a mean draught of 8.14 metres (26 ft 8 in). They had a tonnage of 2,794–2,930 tons burthen. Their crew numbered 1,130 officers and ratings. They were fitted with three masts and ship rigged with a sail area of 3,250 square metres (35,000 sq ft).[1]
The muzzle-loading, smoothbore armament of the Océan class consisted of thirty-two 36-pounder long guns on the lower gun deck, thirty-four 24-pounder long guns on the middle gun deck and on the upper gundeck were thirty-four 18-pounder long guns. On the quarterdeck and forecastle were a total of fourteen 8-pounder long guns and a dozen 36-pounder carronades.[2]
Construction and career
Friedland was ordered on 20 February 1812, laid down at the Arsenal de Cherbourg on 1 May and named Inflexible on 10 September. The ship was renamed Duc de Bordeaux on 19 December 1820. On 9 August 1830, following the July Revolution, she took her name of Friedland. The ship was launched on 4 April 1840, completed in August and commissioned on 5 October.[3][4]
She was decommissioned from 1852 to 1853, when she was recommissioned and served in the Crimean War.[4] On 27 July 1853, she ran aground off the Rabbit Islands, Ottoman Empire.[5] She was later refloated. In 1857, work was undertaken to convert her to a steam and sail ship, but the conversion was aborted in February 1858 and the engine was eventually installed on Turenne.[4]
Citations
References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours [Dictionary of French Warships from Colbert to Today]. Vol. 1: 1671-1870. Roche. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen S. (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2
External links
- (in French) Le Friedland, son nom, son lancement (1840)