French ship Piet Hein (1812)

Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Piet Hein (1812), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
NamePiet Hein
NamesakePiet Pieterszoon Hein
BuilderVenice[1]
Laid downJanuary 1807 [1]
Launched15 August 1812[1]
CommissionedOctober 1812[1]
Decommissioned1838 [1]
FateBroken up 1819
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeTéméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement
  • 2,966 tonnes
  • 5,260 tonnes fully loaded
Length55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
PropulsionUp to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament
ArmourTimber

Piet Hein was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

Career

Piet Hein, was one of the ships built in the various shipyards captured by the First French Empire in Holland and Italy in a crash programme to replenish the ranks of the French Navy. She was built in Rotterdam under supervision of engineer Alexandre Notaire-Granville, following plans by Sané and using timber taken from the 80-gun Piet Hein,[3] taken apart while still on keel.[1]

Royal Italien was surrendered to Holland at the fall of Rotterdam in December 1813. She was renamed Admiraal Piet Hein, and eventually broken up in 1819.[1]

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Demerliac, p.81, no 573
  2. ^ Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  3. ^ Demerliac, p.73, no 504

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. 81. ISBN 2-903179-30-1.


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