Summary
The Austerlitz was a late 100-gun Hercule-class ship of the line of the French Navy.
 The Austerlitz in 1854, drawing by Louis Le Breton
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| History | |
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 France | |
| Namesake | Battle of Austerlitz |
| Builder | Cherbourg |
| Laid down | 17 August 1832 |
| Launched | 15 September 1852 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1895 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Hercule class |
| Displacement | 4500 tonnes |
| Length | 70.62 m (231.7 ft) |
| Beam | 16.80 m (55.1 ft) |
| Draught | 7.67 m (25.2 ft) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 10.2 knots (18.9 km/h; 11.7 mph) |
| Complement | 883 |
| Armament | 100 guns |
Service history edit
Laid down as Ajax, she was renamed Austerlitz on 28 November 1839, still on keel.
In 1850, her rigging was changed for that of a 90-gun, and a steam engine was installed.
On 19 September 1854, she ran aground in the Ledsund, in Åland, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was refloated after throwing sixteen of her cannon overboard.[1] She took part in operations in the Black Sea in 1854.[2] On 16 April 1855, Austerlitz ran aground at South Foreland, Kent, United Kingdom in foggy weather.[3] She was refloated the next day.[4]
From 1871, she was used as a prison hulk of prisoners of the Paris Commune. Between 1874 and 1894, she was used as a school ship. She was eventually broken up in 1895.
Citations edit
References edit
- Jones, Colin (1996). "Entente Cordiale, 1865". In McLean, David & Preston, Antony (eds.). Warship 1996. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-685-X.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. Roche. p. 58. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
External links edit
- 100-guns ships of the line