| French ship Golymin (1809) | |
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| Career (France) |  |
| Name: | Golymin |
| Namesake: | Battle of Golymin |
| Ordered: | 4 June 1804, as Inflexible[1] |
| Builder: | Caudan, Lorient[1] |
| Laid down: | 4 June 1804[1] |
| Launched: | 8 February 1809[1] |
| In service: | 1 January 1812[1] |
| Fate: | Wrecked on Mengam Rock on 23 March 1814[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 |
The Golymin was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy (of the Duquesne sub-class). Built in Lorient in 1804, she was launched in 1809. Wrecked on Mengam Rock in the roads of Brest on 23 March 1814,[1][2] she is the source of the Obusier de vaisseau currently on display in the Musée national de la Marine in Paris and in Brest.[3]
Career[]
She was commissioned under Captain Amand Leduc on 1 January 1812,[1] taking part in Allemand's escape from Lorient in March.[4]
On 23 March 1814, Golymin was despatched from Brest to assist two frigates inbound for the harbour,[4] but a gust of wind pushed her on Mengam Rock,[1] where she was wrecked and sank.[4] The crew managed to abandon ship in good order and was ferried ashore by boats without loss of life.[4] Leduc was court-martialled and found innocent of the loss of the ship on 15 July 1814.[4]
The wreck was discovered in 1977 by Michèle and Jean-Marie Retornaz,[5] and explored by the DRASSM in 1980.[3]
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- Obusiers de vaisseau found of the wreck of Golymin
Sources and references[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Roche, vol.1, p.228
- ↑ Troude, p. 181
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Obusier de 36, modèle 1787 ; Obusier de vaisseau, Mobilier de fouille du Golymin, 1814, Musée national de la Marine
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Quintin, p.214
- ↑ Label of the Obusier de Vaisseau on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Brest, D 2003.2241.212
Sources[]
- Quintin, Danielle; Quintin, Bernard (2003) (in French). Dictionnaire des capitaines de Vaisseau de Napoléon. S.P.M.. ISBN 2-901952-42-9.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867) (in French). Batailles navales de la France. 4. Challamel ainé. http://books.google.com/?id=zfFrDVTkcpsC.
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