French Third Rate ship of the line 'L'Algeciras' (1804)

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L'Algeciras
Nominal Guns	74	E-WIKI
Nationality	République Française
Operator	State Navy
Launched	1804	E-WIKI
How acquired	Purpose built	E-WIKI
Shipyard	Lorient Dockyard - Lorient	E-WIKI
Ship Class	Suffren Group Short Variant Téméraire Class (1803)	E-WIKI
Category	Third Rate	E-WIKI
National Rate	Premier Rang	E-WIKI
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	E-WIKI
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	E-WIKI
Captured	14.6.1808	E-WIKI

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1800
Length of Gundeck55.22Meters181′ 1″ Imperial
Length of Keel49.70Meters163′ 0″ Imperial
Breadth14.45Meters47′ 4″ Imperial
Depth in Hold7.15Meters23′ 5″ Imperial

Armament

1804Broadside Weight = 910 French Livre (982.072 lbs 445.445 kg)NNF-1800
Lower Gun Deck28 French 36-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck30 French 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle4 French 36-Pounder Carronade
Quarterdeck/Forecastle16 French 8-Pounder

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1805Capitaine de VaisseauTRN51808 - 14.6.1808Capitaine de Vaisseau de Seconde Classeref:673

1 Flag Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1805 - 21.10.1805Contre-Amiral†TRN5

Service History

DateEventSource
21.10.1805Battle of Trafalgar
14.6.1808

Captured by Spain with all the french ships in the port

Cádiz E-WIKI

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

NNF-1800Alain Demerliac, Book

TRN5William Laird Clowes, Digital Book

ref:673 Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by TopNard on Tuesday 11th of October 2016 07:55

captured by Spain
Armament:
28 × 36-pounder
30 × 24-pounder
16 × 8-pounder
4 × 36-pounder carronades

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