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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Bucentaure			Arsenal de Toulon	22.11.1802	14.7.1803	1/1804	wrecked 22.10.1805
Neptune			Arsenal de Toulon	4.1.1803	15.8.1803	4/1804	surrendered to Spanish insurgents 14.6.1808 (Neptuno)
Robuste			Arsenal de Toulon	5/1805	30.10.1806	5/1807	wrecked 26.10.1809
Donawerth			Arsenal de Toulon	15.12.1806	4.7.1808	10/1808	stricken 8.1823
Sceptre			Arsenal de Toulon	3/1809	15.8.1810	3/1811	stricken 3.1828
Ville de Varsovie			Arsenal de Rochefort	22.3.1805	10.5.1808	7/1808	sunk 13.4.1809
Eylau			Arsenal de Lorient	9/1805	19.11.1808	5/1809	stricken 6.1829
Diadème			Arsenal de Lorient	11/1807	30.11.1811	3/1812	stricken 1.1856
Magnifique			Arsenal de Lorient	12/1809	29.10.1814	11/1814	stricken 9.1837
Neptune			Arsenal de Lorient	1.12.1810	21.3.1818	6/1818	stricken 1.1858
Algésiras			Arsenal de Lorient	1.4.1812	21.8.1823	4/1824	stricken 1846
Friedland			Antwerp	7/1807	2.5.1810	5/1811	to Allies 8.1814, to Netherlands (Vlaming)
Tilsitt			Antwerp	6/1807	15.8.1810	5/1811	to Allies 8.1814, to Netherlands (Neptunus)
Pacificateur			Antwerp	9/1807	22.5.1811	8/1811	stricken 10.1823
Illustre			Antwerp	8/1807	9.6.1811	10/1811	to Allies 8.1814, to Netherlands (Prins van Oranje)
Auguste, 8.1814- Illustre			Antwerp	9/1807	25.4.1811	7/1811	stricken 3.1827
Conquérant			Antwerp	12/1808	27.4.1812	9/1812	stricken 7.1831
Zélandais, 4.1814- Duquesne, 3.1815- Zélandais, 7.1815- Duquesne			Arsenal de Cherbourg	1.10.1810	12.10.1813	3/1814	stricken 11.1836
Centaure, 10.1823- Santi Petri			Arsenal de Cherbourg	2.11.1811	8.1.1818	4/1818	stricken 11.1849
Jupiter			Arsenal de Cherbourg	5.11.1811	22.10.1831	9/1833	stricken 5.1863
Alexandre			Antwerp	6/1811	---	---	incomplete to Allies 8.1814, BU
Mars			Antwerp	4/1811	---	---	incomplete to Allies 8.1814, BU
Tibre			Antwerp	6/1811	---	---	BU incomplete after 1814
Atlas			Antwerp	7/1811	---	---	BU incomplete after 1814
Fougueux			Antwerp	6/1812	---	---	BU incomplete after 1814
Saturne			Venice	12.6.1812	---	---	captured incomplete by Austria 20.4.1814 (Saturno), dismantled 1823
Vesuvio			Castellammare di Stabia	8/1812	2.12.1824	7/1825 // ---	completed for Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (Vesuvio)

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	3868
Displacement full, t
Length, m	59.3 pp
Breadth, m	15.3
Draught, m	7.80
No of shafts
Machinery	sails
Power, h. p.
Max speed, kts
Fuel, t
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	Bucentaure: 30 x 1 - 175/16 36pdr SBML, 6 x 1 - 175/3 36pdr SBML obusiers, 32 x 1 - 153/18 24pdr SBML, 18 x 1 - 121/20 12pdr SBML Neptune: 30 x 1 - 175/16 36pdr SBML, 6 x 1 - 175/3 36pdr SBML obusiers, 6 x 1 - 155/8 27pdr SBML carronades, 32 x 1 - 153/18 24pdr SBML, 18 x 1 - 121/20 12pdr SBML Robuste, Donawerth: 30 x 1 - 175/16 36pdr SBML, 10 x 1 - 173/8 36pdr SBML carronades, 6 x 1 - 173/8 36pdr SBML bronze carronades, 32 x 1 - 153/18 24pdr SBML, 10 x 1 - 121/20 12pdr SBML Ville de Varsovie: 30 x 1 - 175/16 36pdr SBML, 10 x 1 - 173/8 36pdr SBML carronades, 32 x 1 - 153/18 24pdr SBML, 14 x 1 - 121/20 12pdr SBML Eylau: 30 x 1 - 175/16 36pdr SBML, 4 x 1 - 175/3 36pdr SBML obusiers, 10 x 1 - 173/8 36pdr SBML carronades, 32 x 1 - 153/18 24pdr SBML, 14 x 1 - 121/20 12pdr SBML Sceptre and others: 30 x 1 - 175/16 36pdr SBML, 10 x 1 - 173/8 36pdr SBML carronades, 4 x 1 - 173/8 36pdr SBML bronze carronades, 32 x 1 - 153/18 24pdr SBML, 14 x 1 - 121/20 12pdr SBML
Complement	866

Project history

80-gun two-deckers. Modified version of Tonnant class.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Bucentaure was captured by British 21.10.1805 at the Battle of Trafalgar, retaken by her crew next day while drifting in the storm but wrecked later that day off entrance to Cadiz. Neptune took refuge at Cadiz after Trafalgar and surrendered to Spanish insurgents 14.6.1808, became Spanish Neptuno. Robuste grounded near Sète 26.10.1809 while being chased by the British ships and was fired to avoid capture. Ville de Varsovie grounded in the attack by British fireships at Île d'Aix at night 12-13.4.1809, captured and fired by British. Friedland and Tilsitt were allocated to Allies after the war 1.8.1814 and became Dutch Vlaming and Neptunus. Illustre was allocated to France in the division of the Scheldt squadron but delivered to Allies in place of Auguste and became Dutch Prins van Oranje.