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French ship Albanais (1808)

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Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Albanais (1808), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
NameAlbanais
NamesakeAlbania
BuilderAntwerp[1]
Laid down1807 [1]
Launched2 October 1808 [1]
FateCeded to Holland 1814, broken up 1817
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

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

Career

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Ordered on 31 July 1806, Albanais 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 commissioned on 1 October 1808.[1] In March 1808, part of her crew transferred on Tilsitt, and she had to complement her complement with Danish sailors. She served in Missiessy's Escault squadron under Pierre Lhermite.[1][3]

In 1814, according to the terms of the Treaty of Paris, she was surrendered to the Dutch and renamed Batavier. She was broken up in 1817.[1][4]

Citations

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Roche, vol.1, p.29
  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. ^ Levot, p. 315
  4. ^ Winfield p.96

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