French ship Trocadéro (1824)

Explosion of Trocadéro. Drawing by Antoine Morel-Fatio.
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameTrocadéro
Launched14 April 1824
FateDestroyed by fire 24 March 1836
General characteristics
Class and typeOcéan class ship of the line
Displacement2 700 tonnes
Length65.18 m (213.8 ft) (196,6 French feet)
Beam16.24 m (53.3 ft) (50 French feet)
Draught8.12 m (26.6 ft) (25 French feet)
Propulsionsail, 3 265 m²
Complement1 079 men
Armament
ArmourTimber

The Trocadéro was a first-rate 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, of the Océan type, designed by Jacques-Noël Sané.

Ordered as Formidable, she was commissioned in Toulon as Trocadéro in 1824.

On 24 March 1836, as she was refitting in Toulon, she was accidentally set afire. The fire destroyed her.[1]

Citations

  1. ^ Roche p.447

References

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • (in French) L’incendie du Trocadéro à Toulon (1836), Nicolas Mioque
  • (in French) La fin du Trocadéro, vaisseau de 1er rang (1836), Nicolas Mioque