French ship Pacificateur (1804)
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Pacificateur (1804), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Pacificateur |
| Namesake | "Peacemaker" |
| Builder | Brest[1] |
| Laid down | May 1801[1][2] |
| Fate | Broken up on stack 1804 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 3,069 tonneaux |
| Tons burthen | 1,537 port tonneaux |
| Length | 55.87 m (183.3 ft) (172 French feet) |
| Beam | 14.90 m (48.9 ft) (44' 6") |
| Draught | 7.26 m (23.8 ft) (22 French feet) |
| Propulsion | Up to 2 485 m² of sails |
| Complement | 678 men |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
The Pacificateur was a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line built for the French Navy during the first decade of the 19th century.
Career
Pacificateur was started at Brest in May 1801, under the supervision of engineer Antoine Geoffroy and after plans by Sané.[1] In 1804, recurrent difficulties in bringing construction timber to Brest, compounded by a criminal fire at the arsenal in February, led Bonaparte to order all construction ceased there.[1]
Citations
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.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours [Dictionary of French Warships from Colbert to Today]. Vol. 1: 1671-1870. Roche. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen S. (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2