For other ships of the same name, see French ship Charlemagne.
| Charlemagne img-2.jpg | |
| Career (France) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Charlemagne |
| Namesake: | Charlemagne |
| Laid down: | 1850 |
| Launched: | 16 January 1851 |
| Commissioned: | 14 September 1851 |
| Fate: | Broken up 1884 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Ship of the line |
| Armament: | 80 guns |
Charlemagne was an 80-gun French ship of the line. She was laid down in 1850, launched on 16 January 1851 and commissioned on 14 September 1851 before being completed in December.[1]
The ship was in the Mediterranean Sea in 1852.[2] The ship was sent by Napoleon III to the Black Sea as a show of force in violation of the London Straits Convention just prior to the Crimean War.[3]
The 'Charlemagne', with 'HMS Trafalgar' leaving Port Mahon under tow by 'HMS Firebrand', 1 June 1852
Charlemagne was broken up in 1884.[4]
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- Calhoun, Gordon "The Flagship's Roman Holiday, USS Cumberland's 1850s Mediterranean Cruises" The Day Book Vol 10 Issue 2 Hampton Roads Naval Museum Archived 2010-04-07 at the Wayback Machine.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- Royle, Trevor Crimea: The Great Crimean War, 1854-1856 (2000) Palgrave Macmillan ISBN 1-4039-6416-5
- Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French warships in the age of sail, 1786-1861. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-184832-204-2.
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