French ship Pluton (1804)
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| File:Trafalgar Pluton Mayer.jpg The battle of Trafalgar, by Auguste Mayer. The Pluton is depicted at the centre | |
| Career (France) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Pluton |
| Namesake: | Pluto |
| Builder: | Toulon |
| Laid down: | 1805 |
| Captured: | By Spain, 1808 |
| Career (Spain) | File:Flag of Spain.svg |
| Name: | Pluton |
| Namesake: | Pluto |
| Acquired: | 1808 |
| Renamed: | Montañes |
| Fate: | Broken up in 1816 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Téméraire class ship of the line |
| Displacement: | 2900 tonnes |
| Length: | 55.87 metres (172 French feet) |
| Beam: | 14.90 metres (44' 6) |
| Draught: | 7,26 metres (22 French feet) |
| Propulsion: | Up to 2485 m² of sails |
| Complement: | 3 officers + 690 men |
| Armament: |
74 guns:
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| Armour: | Timber |
Pluton was a 74-gun French ship of the line built at Toulon.
It took part in the Battle of Trafalgar under Captain Julien Cosmao and was one of those which escaped to Cádiz. Two days later, on 23 October, 1805, she was the flagship of the counter-attack from Cádiz, together with Indomptable, Neptune, Rayo, and San Francisco de Asis. They managed to recapture Santa Anna and Algésiras. To prevent their recapture, the British scuttled Intrépide, and Neptuno. Rayo and San Francisco de Asis were wrecked on their journey back.
She was captured by Spain in Cadiz in 1808 and commissioned in the Spanish Navy as Pluton. She was later renamed Montañes, and was eventually broken up in 1816.
Sources and references
- Ships of the line
- 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][self-published source?]
