French ship Neptune (1818)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Neptune.
The Robuste, sister-ship of the Neptune
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameNeptune
NamesakeNeptune
Ordered23 July 1810
BuilderLorient
Laid down1 December 1810
Launched21 March 1818
Stricken1865
FateBroken up 1868
General characteristics
Class and typeBucentaure-class
Typeship of the line
Length
  • 55.88 m (183.33 ft) (overall)
  • 53.92 m (176.90 ft) (keel)
Beam15.27 m (50.10 ft)
Depth of hold7.63 m (25.03 ft)
PropulsionSail
Sail plan2,683 m2 (28,879.57 sq ft)
Complement866
Armament
  • 80 guns
  • 30 × 36-pounders
  • 32 × 24-pounders
  • 18 × 12-pounders
  • 6 × 36-pounder howitzers

The Neptune was an 80-gun Bucentaure-class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané.

Started in 1810, briefly renamed Brabançon during the Hundred Days and launched in 1818, after the Bourbon Restoration, she remained without commission until 1839.

She was part of a squadron under Admiral Hugon, along with Montebello and Andromaque.

She was struck in 1858 and used as a prison ship in Toulon harbour between 1865 and 1868 when she was broken up.[1]

Citations

  1. ^ Winfield & Roberts p.58

References

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. p. 325. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French warships in the age of sail, 1786-1861. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-184832-204-2.