 Napoleon I andMarie Louise, together withJérôme Bonaparte andCatharina of Württemberg, witnessing the launching ofFriedland at the arsenal ofAntwerp | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Friedland |
| Namesake | Battle of Friedland |
| Ordered | June 1807 |
| Builder | Holland |
| Laid down | 1807 |
| Launched | 2 May 1810 |
| In service | 4 January 1811 |
| Stricken | 1814 |
| Fate | Acquired by Holland, broken up 1823 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Bucentaure-classship of the line |
| Displacement | 3,868tonneaux |
| Tons burthen | 2,034port tonneaux |
| Length | 59.28 m (194 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 15.27 m (50 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in) |
| Depth of hold | 7.64 m (25 ft 1 in) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Crew | 866 (wartime) |
| Armament |
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Friedland was a 3rd rank, 90-gunBucentaure-classship of the line built for theFrench Navy during the first decade of the 19th century. Completed in 1811, she played a minor role in theNapoleonic Wars.
Designed byJacques-Noël Sané, theBucentaure-class ships had a length of 59.28 metres (194 ft 6 in), abeam of 15.27 metres (50 ft 1 in) and a depth ofhold of 7.64 metres (25 ft 1 in). The shipsdisplaced 3,868tonneaux and had a meandraught of 7.8 metres (25 ft 7 in). They had a tonnage of 2,034port tonneaux. Their crew numbered 866 officers andratings during wartime. They were fitted with threemasts andship rigged.[1]
Themuzzle-loading,smoothbore armament of theBucentaure class consisted of thirty36-pounder long guns on the lowergun deck and thirty-two24-pounder long guns on the upper gun deck. The armament on thequarterdeck andforecastle varied as the ships' authorised armament was changed over the years that theBucentares were built.Friedland was fitted with fourteen12-pounder long guns and fourteen 36-poundercarronades.[1]
Friedland was ordered on 2 June 1807 as a 74-gun ship of the line with the nameIllustre, but this was revised to an 90-gun ship on 9 July and the ship was renamedFriedland on 28 July. She waslaid down that same month inAntwerp.[2]Napoleon and his wife,Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, attended herlaunching on 2 May 1810.Friedland wascommissioned on 4 January 1811 by CaptainPierre-Marie Le Bozec[3] and completed in May.[2] The ship was assigned to the Scheldt Squadron in February 1812. She was transferred to theRoyal Netherlands Navy aswar reparations under the terms theTreaty of Fontainebleau of 1814.[3] RenamedVlaming, she was broken up in 1823.[3]