French ship Couronne (1824)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Couronne.

Couronne was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Couronne (1824), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
Name	Couronne
Namesake	Crown
Builder	Brest
Laid down	1813
Launched	25 August 1824
Renamed	Barricade, 1848-49 Duperré, 1849
Fate	Broken up in 1870
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Téméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement	2,966 tonnes 5,260 tonnes fully loaded
Length	55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam	14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught	7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
Propulsion	Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament	74 guns: Lower gundeck: 28 × 36-pounder long guns Upper gundeck: 30 × 18-pounder long guns Forecastle and Quarter deck: 16 × 8-pounder long guns 4 × 36-pounder carronades
Armour	Timber

Career

She participated in the Crimean War. On 22 July 1854, she ran aground off Åland, Grand Duchy of Finland but was undamaged.^[2] She was refloated with the assistance of HMS Driver and HMS Hecla.^[3] She took part in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830. She was later renamed Barricade, and Duperré after Admiral Duperré's death. She was used as a hulk from 17 August 1869, and broken up the next year.^[1]

See also

• List of ships of the line of France

References

1. Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire". dossiersmarine.free.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
2. "The Baltic Fleet". The Times. No. 21808. London. 1 August 1854. col E-F, p. 10.
3. "The Baltic Fleet". Daily News. No. 2560. London. 3 August 1854.