French ship Golymin (1809)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Inflexible.
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Golymin (1809), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameGolymin
NamesakeBattle of Golymin
Ordered4 June 1804, as Inflexible[1]
BuilderCaudan, Lorient[1]
Laid down4 June 1804[1]
Launched8 December 1809
In service1 January 1812[1]
FateWrecked on Mengam Rock on 23 March 1814[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeTéméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement
  • 2966 tonnes
  • 5260 tonnes fully loaded
Length55.87 metres (183 ft 4 in) (172 pied)
Beam14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught7.26 metres (23 ft 10 in) (22 pied)
PropulsionUp to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament
ArmourTimber

The Golymin was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy (of the Duquesne sub-class). Built in Lorient in 1804, she was launched in 1809. Wrecked on Mengam Rock in the roads of Brest on 23 March 1814,[1][2] she is the source of the Obusier de vaisseau currently on display in the Musée national de la Marine in Paris and in Brest.[3]

Career

She was commissioned under Captain Amand Leduc on 1 January 1812,[1] taking part in Allemand's escape from Lorient in March.[4]

On 23 March 1814, Golymin was despatched from Brest to assist two frigates inbound for the harbour,[4] but a gust of wind pushed her on Mengam Rock,[1] where she was wrecked and sank.[4] The crew managed to abandon ship in good order and was ferried ashore by boats without loss of life.[4] Leduc was court-martialled and found innocent of the loss of the ship on 15 July 1814.[4]

The wreck was discovered in 1977 by Michèle and Jean-Marie Retornaz,[5] and explored by the DRASSM in 1980.[3]

Obusiers de vaisseau found of the wreck of Golymin

Sources and references

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Roche, vol.1, p.228
  2. ^ Troude, p. 181
  3. ^ a b Obusier de 36, modèle 1787 ; Obusier de vaisseau, Mobilier de fouille du Golymin, 1814, Musée national de la Marine
  4. ^ a b c d e Quintin, p.214
  5. ^ Label of the Obusier de Vaisseau on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Brest, D 2003.2241.212

Sources

  • Quintin, Danielle; Quintin, Bernard (2003). Dictionnaire des capitaines de Vaisseau de Napoléon (in French). S.P.M. ISBN 2-901952-42-9.
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). Vol. 4. Challamel ainé.