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French ship Pacificateur (1804)

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Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Pacificateur (1804), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
NamePacificateur
Namesake"Peacemaker"
BuilderBrest[1]
Laid downMay 1801[1][2]
FateBroken up on stack 1804
General characteristics
Class and typeTéméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement
  • 2 966 tonnes
  • 5 260 tonnes fully loaded
Length55.87 m (183.3 ft) (172 French feet)
Beam14.90 m (48.9 ft) (44' 6)
Draught7.26 m (23.8 ft) (22 French feet)
PropulsionUp to 2 485 m² of sails
Complement678 men
Armament
ArmourTimber

The Pacificateur was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

Career

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Pacificateur was started at Brest in May 1801, under the supervision of engineer Antoine Geoffroy and after plans by Sané.[1] In 1804, recurrent difficulties in bringing construction timber to Brest, compounded by a criminal fire at the arsenal in February, led Bonaparte to order all construction ceased there.[1]

Citations

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  1. ^ a b c d Demerliac, p.74, no 515
  2. ^ Roche, vol.1, p.337

References

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  • Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine du Consulat et du Premier Empire: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1800 à 1815 (in French). Éditions Ancre. p. 81. ISBN 2-903179-30-1.
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. p. 337. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.