French ship Ulm (1809)

Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Ulm (1809), on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
Name: Ulm
Namesake: Battle of Ulm
Ordered: 31 July 1806 [1]
Builder: Toulon[1]
Laid down: 2 March 1807 [1]
Launched: 25 May 1809 [1]
Decommissioned: 1828 [1]
General characteristics [2]
Class and type: Téméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement:
  • 2,966 tonnes
  • 5,260 tonnes fully loaded
Length: 55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam: 14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught: 7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
Propulsion: Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament:
Armour: Timber

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

Career

Under Captain Chaunay-Duclos,[3] Ulm took part in the Action of 5 November 1813, where she sustained fire from the British squadron before disengaging.[4] Ulm was decommissioned in 1814. [1]

Ulm was refitted in 1822, and struck in 1828.[1]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

    Citations

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Roche, vol.1, p.450
    2. ↑ Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
    3. ↑ Quintin, p.96
    4. ↑ A propos du 118 canons le Wagram, Nicolas Mioque, troisponts.wordpress.com

    References

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