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, witnessing the launching of 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

Friedland was an 80-gun Bucentaure-class ship of the line of the French Navy. Designed by Jacques-Noël Sané, she was launched in 1810.

Career

Her launching was attended by Napoleon and his wife, Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma. She was commissioned in Antwerp under Captain Le Bozec on 4 January 1811, and attributed to the Brest squadron.[1] She was transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy as war reparations under the terms the Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1814.[1] Renamed Vlaming, she was 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.