French ship Duquesne (1813)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Duquesne.

History
Scale model of the Duquesne, on display at the Musée de la Marine in Toulon
France
Name:	Duquesne, Zélandais
Namesake:	Abraham Duquesne, Zealand
Builder:	Cherbourg
Laid down:	1 October 1810
Launched:	12 October 1813
Commissioned:	30 June 1814
Struck:	19 November 1836
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:	801 (in 1814)
Armament:	80 guns 30 × 36-pounders 32 × 24-pounders 14 × 12-pounders 10 × 36-pounder carronades

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

Built on brand new docks as Zélandais, she was renamed Duquesne following the Bourbon Restoration, on 27 April 1814, while she was still being commissioned. On 23 March 1815, during the Hundred Days, she was renamed Zélandais, and then Duquesne again on 15 July when Louis XVIII returned on the throne.

She took part in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830 under Captain Bazoche.

After the July Revolution, she was again renamed Zélandais.

On 24 January 1834, she ferried survivors of the wreck of Superbe to Toulon.

She was again used as a troopship, was used as a hulk in 1832 in Brest, and was eventually struck in 1836.

The figurehead of Duquesne is on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris. An oil painting in Brest naval museum shows Duquesne as a hulk during the fire of the harbour.

Figurehead of Duquesne, on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
Incendie de la salle d'armes à Brest le 25 janvier 1832
Incendie de la salle d'armes à Brest le 25 janvier 1832 (detail)

References

Jean-Michel Roche, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, tome I

Bucentaure-class ship-of-the-line

Bucentaure Neptune (1803) Robuste Ville de Varsovie Donawerth Eylau Friedland Sceptre Tilsitt Auguste Pacificateur Illustre Diadème Conquérant Duquesne Magnifique Centaure Neptune (1818) Algésiras Jupiter Vesuvio Mars Alexandre Tibre Atlas Fougueux

Preceded by: Tonnant class Followed by: Suffren class List of ships of the line of France

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