French ship Dantzig (1807)

Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Dantzig (1807), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
NameDantzig
NamesakeSiege of Danzig
BuilderAntwerp[1]
Laid downMay 1805 [1]
Launched15 August 1807 [1]
Decommissioned1815 [1]
FateStruck mid 1816
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeTéméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement
  • 2,966 tonnes
  • 5,260 tonnes fully loaded
Length55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
PropulsionUp to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament
ArmourTimber

Dantzig was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

  1. ^ a b c d Roche, vol.1, p.140
  2. ^ Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.