French ship Polonais (1808)
| the Achille Scale model of the Achille, sister-ship of the Polonais, on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris | |
| Career (France) |   |
|---|---|
| Name: | Polonais |
| Namesake: | Poland |
| Ordered: | 25 February 1804 |
| Builder: | Nantes |
| Laid down: | 4 July 1804 |
| Launched: | 27 May 1808 |
| Commissioned: | 25 July 1808 |
| Struck: | 1822 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Téméraire class ship of the line |
| Displacement: |
2 966 tonnes |
| Length: | 55.87 metres (172 French feet) |
| Beam: | 14.90 metres (44' 6) |
| Draught: | 7.26 metres (22 French feet) |
| Propulsion: | Up to 2 485 m² of sails |
| Complement: | 678 men |
| Armament: |
74 guns:
|
| Armour: | Timber |
The Polonais was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
First named Glorieux, she was renamed on 23 February 1807.
In 1809, under captain Mequet, she departed Lorient with Troude's squadron, bound for the Caribbean. The squadron also comprised Hautpoult and Courageux. On 29 March, the ships arrived at the Saintes and landed reinforcements.
On 29 May, Polonais and Courageux reached Cherbourg, along with 7 prizes captured on the way. Hautpoult had been captured in the Action of 14–17 April 1809.
In April 1814, at the Bourbon Restoration, she was renamed Lys; captained by Troude, she ferried Louis XVIII back to France. She was briefly renamed Polonais during the Hundred Days, and back to Lys again.
From 1822, she was used as a storing hulk, and she was broken up in Brest the 1825.
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?]
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