For other ships of the same name, see French ship Lion.
| French ship Lion (1803) | |
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 Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Lion (1803), on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris. | |
| Career (France) |  |
| Name: | Lion |
| Builder: | Rochefort, Charente-Maritime |
| Laid down: | 30 June 1802 |
| Launched: | 12 January 1804 |
| Fate: | Scuttled and burnt on 26 October 1809 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type: | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement: |
2,966 tonnes 5,260 tonnes fully loaded |
| 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: |
74 guns:
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| Armour: | Timber |
Lion was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
She took part in Allemand's expedition of 1805 under Captain Eleonore-Jean-Nicolas Soleil.
On 21 October 1809, she departed Toulon escorting a convoy bound to Barcelona. Six days into the journey, she encountered a British squadron sent by Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, which gave chase. Lion ran aground near Sète, and was set on fire by her crew to avoid capture.
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References[]
- ↑ Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr. http://dossiersmarine.free.fr/fs_v_V4.html. Retrieved 4 April 2013. (French)
- 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.[page needed]
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