The Algésiras was an 80-gun Bucentaure-class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané.
Loss of a longboat of Algésiras in a storm, 9 August 1831. | |
History | |
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France | |
Name | Algésiras |
Namesake | Battle of Algeciras |
Ordered | 20 February 1812 |
Builder | Lorient |
Laid down | 1 April 1812 |
Launched | 21 August 1823 |
In service | 20 August 1828 |
Stricken | 1846 |
Fate | Hulked 1846 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Bucentaure-class |
Type | ship of the line |
Length |
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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 |
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She took part in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830, under Captain Ponée, and in the Battle of the Tagus the next year, under Captain Moulac.
In 1832, she was used as a troopship to ferry troops to Algeria. In 1836, she cruised the Caribbean with Artémise.
Algésiras was featured in Les Misérables, where she is mislabeled as a frigate:
The frigate Algesiras was anchored alongside the Orion, and the poor convict had fallen between the two vessels
Book second, chapter III [1]
The ship was struck in 1846 and used as a prison hulk.[1]
Citations
References
- 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.
- Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French warships in the age of sail, 1786-1861. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-184832-204-2.
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