French ship Marengo (1810)
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For other ships of the same name, see French ship Marengo and French ship Pluton.
| the Achille Scale model of the Achille, sister-ship of the Marengo, on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris | |
| Career (France) | 
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|---|---|
| Name: | Marengo |
| Namesake: | Battle of Marengo |
| Builder: | Lorient shipyard |
| Laid down: | 18 September 1806 |
| Launched: | 12 October 1810 |
| Struck: | 21 July 1858 |
| Fate: | Broken up in 1873 |
| 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:
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| Armour: | Timber |
The Marengo was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
On 5 January, she collided with the Tourville off Brest.
In November 1814, she took part in the reconquest of Guadeloupe.
She took part in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830, and in the expedition on river Tage the next year.
In 1854, she took part in the Crimean War.
She was struck on 21 July 1858 and was used as a prison hulk from 1860 to 1865. In 1866, she was renamed Pluton.
- Marengo mg 8069.jpg
Votive model of Marengo, on display at Toulon naval museum
- Marengo mg 8070.jpg
References
- Jean-Michel Roche, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, tome I
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