French ship Tilsitt (1810)
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| Career (France) |  |
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| Name: | Tilsitt |
| Namesake: | Treaties of Tilsit |
| Ordered: | June 1807 |
| Builder: | Anvers, Belgium |
| Laid down: | 1807 |
| Launched: | 15 August 1810 |
| Struck: | 10 February 1814 |
| Fate: | Broken up in 1818 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Bucentaure-class |
| Type: | ship of the line |
| Length: |
55.88 m (183.33 ft) (overall) 53.92 m (176.90 ft) (keel) |
| Beam: | 15.27 m (50.10 ft) |
| Depth of hold: | 7.63 m (25.03 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Sail plan: | 2,683 m2 (28,879.57 sq ft) |
| Complement: | 866 |
| Armament: |
80 guns
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The Tilsitt was an 80-gun Bucentaure-class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané.
She defended the harbour on Anvers until 1814.
She was given to Holland with the Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1814, and commissioned in the Dutch Navy as Neptunus.
References
- Jean-Michel Roche, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, tome I
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