French ship Friedland (1810)

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

Napoleon I and Marie Louise, together with Jérôme Bonaparte and Catharina of Württemberg, assisting at the launching of the Friedland at the arsenal of Antwerp
History
France
Name	Friedland[1]
Namesake	Battle of Friedland
Ordered	June 1807[1]
Builder	Holland
Laid down	1807[1]
Launched	2 May 1810[1]
In service	4 January 1811[1]
Stricken	1814
Fate	Acquired by Holland, broken up 1823
General characteristics
Class and type	Bucentaure-class ship of the line
Length	59.3 m (194.55 ft) (overall) 53.92 m (176.90 ft) (keel)
Beam	15.3 m (50.20 ft)
Depth of hold	7.6 m (24.93 ft)
Propulsion	Sail
Sail plan	2,683 m^2 (28,879.57 sq ft)
Complement	866
Armament	80 guns 30 × 36-pounders 32 × 24-pounders 18 × 12-pounders 6 × 36-pounder howitzers

The Friedland was an 80-gun Bucentaure-class ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané.

Career

Her launching was attended by Napoleon and his wife, Marie Louise. She was commissioned in Antwerp under Captain Le Bozec on 4 January 1811, and attributed to the Brest squadron.[1]

She was given to Holland with the Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1814.[1] She was renamed Vlaming and broken up in 1823.[2]

Citations

1. Roche, vol.1, p.215
2. Winfield & Roberts p.59

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 215. 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.