Neapolitan ship Capri (1810)

Scale model of Achille, sister ship of Neapolitan ship Capri (1810), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
Naval Ensign of the Kingdom of the Two SiciliesKingdom of the Two Sicilies
NameCapri
BuilderCastellamare di Stabia[1]
Laid downLate 1808[1]
Launched21 August 1810[1]
FateBroken up 1847
General characteristics
Class and typeTéméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement
  • 2 966 tonnes
  • 5 260 tonnes fully loaded
Length55.87 m (183 ft 4 in) (172 French feet)
Beam14.90 m (48 ft 11 in) (44 French feet 6 French inches)
Draught7.26 m (23 ft 10 in) (22 French feet)
PropulsionUp to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Complement678 men
Armament
  • 74 guns:
  • Lower gundeck: 28 × 36-pounder long guns
  • Upper gundeck: 30 × 24-pounder long guns
  • Forecastle and quarter deck:
    • 16 × 8-pounder long guns
    • 4 × 36-pounder carronades
ArmourTimber

The Capri was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the Real Marina of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

Career

Capri was built by engineers Jean-François Lafosse and Philippe Greslé after plans by Sané. In April 1815, she was seized by the British, but returned to Napoli in December 1815. She was broken up in 1847.[2]

Citations

  1. ^ a b c Demerliac, p.76, no 529
  2. ^ Winfield & Roberts p.99

References

  • Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine du Consulat et du Premier Empire: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1800 à 1815 (in French). Éditions Ancre. p. 76. ISBN 2-903179-30-1.
  • Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French warships in the age of sail, 1786-1861. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-184832-204-2.


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