French ship Charlemagne (1851)
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Charlemagne was an 80-gun French ship of the line. She was laid down in 1850, launched on 16 January 1851 and commissioned on 14 September 1851 before being completed in December.[1]
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Name | Charlemagne |
Namesake | Charlemagne |
Laid down | 1850 |
Launched | 16 January 1851 |
Commissioned | 14 September 1851 |
Fate | Broken up 1884 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ship of the line |
Armament | 80 guns |
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The ship was in the Mediterranean Sea in 1852.[2] The ship was sent by Napoleon III to the Black Sea as a show of force in violation of the London Straits Convention just prior to the Crimean War.[3]
Charlemagne was broken up in 1884.[4]