French ship Rivoli (1810)
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| File:Rivoli 947 GB.jpg 1/40th scale model of Rivoli, using auxiliary ballast to sail over shallow water as she exits Venice harbour | |
| Career (France) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Rivoli |
| Namesake: | Battle of Rivoli |
| Builder: | Venice |
| Laid down: | 1807 |
| Launched: | 6 September 1810 |
| Career (Great Britain) |  |
| Name: | HMS Rivoli |
| Acquired: | Captured from the French on 22 February 1812 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Seventy-four Téméraire class ship of the line |
| Displacement: | 1 630 tonnes |
| Length: | 52 m |
| Beam: | 14 m |
| Draught: | 7 m |
| Complement: | 3 officers + 690 men |
| Armament: |
74 guns:
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The Rivoli was a Téméraire class ship of the line of the French Navy.
Rivoli was built in Venice, whose harbour was too shallow for a 74 to exit. To allow her to depart, a system of external ballasts, known as Chameaux ("camels"), was added to improved her Buoyancy. With Mont Saint Bernard, she was the only ship of the line to use the system.
On her maiden journey, she was intercepted by a British frigate. Her crew was inexperienced, and in the ensuing Action of 22 February 1812, Rivoli was captured.
She was subsequently recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Rivoli. On 30 May 1815, under captain Dixon, she destroyed the frigate Melpomène off Naples.
- Chameaux mg 5072.jpg
- Chameaux mg 5071.jpg
