Thémistocle was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
 Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Thémistocle (1791), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
   France | |
| Name | Thémistocle |
| Namesake | Themistocles |
| Ordered | 19 October 1787[1] |
| Builder | Lorient[1] |
| Laid down | 1 September 1789 [1] |
| Launched | 12 September 1791 |
| Completed | September 1792 |
| Fate | Burnt 18 December 1793 |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Class and type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied) |
| Beam | 14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied) |
| Propulsion | Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
Career
Built in Lorient, Thémistocle was transferred to the Mediterranean soon after her commissioning to reinforce the squadron under Admiral Truguet.[1] Seized by the British at the surrendering of Toulon by a Royalist cabale, she was used as a prison hulk during the Siege of Toulon. At the fall of the city, Captain Sidney Smith had her scuttled by fire, along with Héros.[1]
The wreck was refloated in 1804 to be broken up.[1]
Citations
References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 435. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.