French ship Conquérant (1812)

	Portrait of Conquérantby François Roux
History
France
Name	Conquérant
Namesake	Conqueror
Ordered	26 January 1810
Builder	Anvers, Belgium
Laid down	1803
Launched	27 April 1812
In service	27 April 1812
Stricken	1831
Fate	Broken up 1842
General characteristics
Class and type	Bucentaure-class
Type	ship of the line
Length	55.88 m (183.33 ft) (overall); 53.92 m (176.90 ft) (keel);
Beam	15.27 m (50.10 ft)
Depth of hold	7.63 m (25.03 ft)
Propulsion	Sail
Sail plan	2,683 m2 (28,879.57 sq ft)
Complement	866
Armament	80 guns; 30 × 36-pounders; 32 × 24-pounders; 18 × 12-pounders; 6 × 36-pounder howitzers;

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

She was commissioned in Anvers under Captain Lafond in the Scheldt squadron. Following the Bourbon Restoration, she was sent to Brest, where she underwent a refit in 1821, and was sent to Toulon in 1824. She took part in the Morea expedition in 1827. She was damaged by fire at Smyrna, Russia, on 29 October 1829.^[1] She participated in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830.

In November 1830, she was disarmed in Toulon, and was struck the next year. From 1830, she was used as a barracks hulk, until 1842, when she was broken up.

Citations

^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 18412. 16 December 1829.

References

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.