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French ship Auguste (1811)

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Ship of the line of the French Navy For other ships with the same name, see French ship Auguste.
The Robuste, sister-ship of the Auguste
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameAuguste
Ordered31 August 1807
BuilderAnvers, Belgium
Laid down1807
Launched25 April 1811
Stricken1827
FateBroken up 1827
General characteristics
Class and typeBucentaure-class
Typeship of the line
Length
  • 55.88 m (183.33 ft) (overall)
  • 53.92 m (176.90 ft) (keel)
Beam15.27 m (50.10 ft)
Depth of hold7.63 m (25.03 ft)
PropulsionSail
Sail plan2,683 m (28,879.57 sq ft)
Complement866
Armament
  • 80 guns
  • 30 × 36-pounders
  • 32 × 24-pounders
  • 18 × 12-pounders
  • 6 × 36-pounder howitzers

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

In 1812, she was part of Gourdon's squadron.

She was renamed Illustre in March 1814, following the Bourbon Restoration. The Treaty of Fontainebleau left her to France, and with 11 other ships of the line, she sailed to her new station in Brest in October.

She was disarmed the next month, and never sailed again. In a state of disrepair, she was broken up in 1827.

References

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. p. 57. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.


Bucentaure-class ship of the line
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