Ship of the line of the French Navy
1 ⁄40 th scale model of
Rivoli fitted with
seacamels .
History France Name Rivoli Namesake Battle of Rivoli Builder Venice Laid down 1807 Launched 6 September 1810 Captured 22 February 1812 United Kingdom Name Rivoli Acquired Captured from the French on 22 February 1812 Fate Broken up 1819 General characteristics Class and type Seventy-four Téméraire -classship of the line Displacement 1,630 tonnes Length 52 m (171 ft) Beam 14 m (46 ft) Draught 7 m (23 ft) Complement 3 officers + 690 men Armament
Capture of Rivoli , 22 February 1812 Rivoli Téméraire -classship of the line of the French Navy .
Rivoli was built in the Arsenal of Venice , whose harbour was too shallow for a 74-gun to exit. To allow her to depart, she was fitted with seacamels .[ note 1]
On her maiden journey, under Jean-Baptiste Barré , the British 74-gun third-rate HMS Victorious intercepted her on 22 February 1812. Her crew was inexperienced, and in the ensuing Battle of Pirano , the British captured Rivoli after some 400 men of her crew of over 800 were killed or wounded.[ 2]
The Royal Navy subsequently recommissioned her as HMS Rivoli . On 30 May 1815, under Captain Edward Stirling Dickson , she captured the frigate Melpomène Naples .
The ship was broken up in 1819.[ 3]
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