The Pacificateur was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
 Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Pacificateur (1804), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Pacificateur |
| Namesake | "Peacemaker" |
| Builder | Brest[1] |
| Laid down | May 1801[1][2] |
| Fate | Broken up on stack 1804 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 55.87 m (183.3 ft) (172 French feet) |
| Beam | 14.90 m (48.9 ft) (44' 6) |
| Draught | 7.26 m (23.8 ft) (22 French feet) |
| Propulsion | Up to 2 485 m² of sails |
| Complement | 678 men |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
Career
Pacificateur was started at Brest in May 1801, under the supervision of engineer Antoine Geoffroy and after plans by Sané.[1] In 1804, recurrent difficulties in bringing construction timber to Brest, compounded by a criminal fire at the arsenal in February, led Bonaparte to order all construction ceased there.[1]
Citations
References
- Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine du Consulat et du Premier Empire: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1800 à 1815 (in French). Éditions Ancre. p. 81. ISBN 2-903179-30-1.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. p. 337. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.