French ship Charlemagne (1851)

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History
France
NameCharlemagne
NamesakeCharlemagne
Laid down1850
Launched16 January 1851
Commissioned14 September 1851
FateBroken up 1884
General characteristics
TypeShip of the line
Armament80 guns

Charlemagne was an 80-gun French ship of the line. She was laid down in 1850, launched on 16 January 1851 and commissioned on 14 September 1851 before being completed in December.[1]

The ship was in the Mediterranean Sea in 1852.[2] The ship was sent by Napoleon III to the Black Sea as a show of force in violation of the London Straits Convention just prior to the Crimean War.[3]

The 'Charlemagne', with 'HMS Trafalgar' leaving Port Mahon under tow by 'HMS Firebrand', 1 June 1852

Charlemagne was broken up in 1884.[4]

Citations

  1. ^ Winfield & Roberts p.67
  2. ^ Calhoun. p.13
  3. ^ Royle. p 19
  4. ^ Roche, p.110

References

  • Calhoun, Gordon "The Flagship's Roman Holiday, USS Cumberland's 1850s Mediterranean Cruises" The Day Book Vol 10 Issue 2 Hampton Roads Naval Museum Archived 2010-04-07 at the Wayback Machine
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • Royle, Trevor Crimea: The Great Crimean War, 1854-1856 (2000) Palgrave Macmillan ISBN 1-4039-6416-5
  • 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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