The Robuste
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Class overview | |
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Name | Bucentaure |
Builders | Toulon, Lorient, Rochefort, Antwerp, Cherbourg |
Operators | |
Preceded by | Tonnant class |
Succeeded by | Suffren class |
In service | 1804–1863 |
Completed | 21 |
Cancelled | 8+ |
Lost | 4 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 2,000 tonnes |
Length |
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Beam | 15.3 m (50 ft 2 in) |
Depth of hold | 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Sail plan | 2,683 m2 (28,880 sq ft) |
Complement | 866 |
Armament |
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The Bucentaure class was a class of 80-gun French ships of the line built to a design by Jacques-Noël Sané from 1802 onwards, of which at least 29 were ordered but only 21 ships were launched. They were a development from his earlier Tonnant class.