French ship Ulm (1809)
 Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Ulm (1809), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
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| History | |
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| Name | Ulm |
| Namesake | Battle of Ulm |
| Ordered | 31 July 1806 |
| Builder | Toulon |
| Laid down | 2 March 1807 |
| Launched | 25 May 1809 |
| Decommissioned | 1828 |
| Fate | Broken up after June 1830 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 3,069 tonneaux |
| Tons burthen | 1,537 port tonneaux |
| Length | 55.87 m (183 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 14.46 m (47 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 7.15 m (23.5 ft) |
| Depth of hold | 7.15 m (23 ft 5 in) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Crew | 705 |
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Ulm was a 4th rank, 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line built for the French Navy during the first decade of the 19th century. Completed in 1809, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars. The ship was stricken from the navy list in 1828 and scrapped after 1830
Description
[edit]Designed by Jacques-Noël Sané, the Téméraire-class ships had an length of 55.87 metres (183 ft 4 in), a beam of 14.46 metres (47 ft 5 in) and a depth of hold of 7.15 metres (23 ft 5 in). The ships displaced 3,069 tonneaux and had a mean draught of 7.15 metres (23 ft 5 in). They had a tonnage of 1,537 port tonneaux. Their crew numbered 705 officers and ratings during wartime. They were fitted with three masts and ship rigged.[1]
The muzzle-loading, smoothbore armament of the Téméraire class consisted of twenty-eight 36-pounder long guns on the lower gun deck and thirty 18-pounder long guns on the upper gun deck. On the quarterdeck and forecastle were a total of sixteen 8-pounder long guns. Beginning with the ships completed after 1787, the armament of the Téméraires began to change with the addition of four 36-pounder obusiers on the poop deck (dunette). Some ships had instead twenty 8-pounders.[2]
Construction and career
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Ulm was named on 31 July 1806 and ordered on 11 August. The ship was laid down on 2 March 1807 at the Arsenal de Toulon and launched on 25 May 1809. She was completed in August and commissioned on 28 August.[3] Under Captain Chaunay-Duclos,[4] Ulm took part in the action of 5 November 1813, where she sustained fire from the British squadron before disengaging. Ulm was decommissioned in 1814. The ship was refitted in 1822,[5] struck in 1828 and hulked. She was broken up after June 1830.[3]
Citations
[edit]References
[edit]- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours [Dictionary of French Warships from Colbert to Today]. Vol. 1: 1671-1870. Roche. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- Quintin, Danielle; Quintin, Bernard (2003). Dictionnaire des capitaines de Vaisseau de Napoléon (in French). S.P.M. pp. 95–96. ISBN 2-901952-42-9.
- Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen S. (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2