French ship Sceptre (1810)
The Sceptre was an 80-gun Bucentaure-class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané. The Captain of the ship was Captain Samuel James Ballard.[1]
The Robuste, sister-ship of the Sceptre | |
History | |
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France | |
Name: | Sceptre |
Ordered: | 26 December 1808 |
Builder: | Toulon |
Laid down: | 1809 |
Launched: | 15 August 1810 |
Stricken: | 1828 |
Fate: | Burnt 1830 in Toulon. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Bucentaure-class |
Type: | ship of the line |
Length: |
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Beam: | 15.27 m (50.10 ft) |
Depth of hold: | 7.63 m (25.03 ft) |
Propulsion: | Sail |
Sail plan: | 2,683 m2 (28,879.57 sq ft) |
Complement: | 866 |
Armament: |
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References
- Clowes, Sir William Laird; Markham, Sir Clements Robert; Mahan, Alfred Thayer; Wilson, Herbert Wrigley; Roosevelt, Theodore; Laughton, Leonard George Carr (1900). The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present. S. Low, Marston, limited.
- Jean-Michel Roche, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, tome I
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