French ship Montebello (1815)

Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Montebello (1815), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
NameMontebello
NamesakeBattle of Montebello
BuilderVenice [1]
Laid downDecember 1810 [1] [2][3]
FateCaptured by Austria at the fall of Venice in on 20 April 1814. [1][2]
Austria
NameCesare [1][2]
Launched7 November 1815 [1] [3]
Out of service1816[3]
FateShortly after 1824;[3] before 1835 [1]
General characteristics [4]
Class and typeTéméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement
  • 2,966 tonnes
  • 5,260 tonnes fully loaded
Length72 metres total length [1]
Beam16.40 metres total [1]
Draught7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
PropulsionUp to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament
ArmourTimber

Montebello was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She belonged to the Pluton subclass, or petit modèle.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Demerliac (2004), p. 81, n°575.
  2. ^ a b c Roche (2005), p. 163.
  3. ^ a b c d Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 97.
  4. ^ 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.