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Leon Trionfante-class Ship Of The Line
The ''Leon Trionfante''-class were a class of at least fourteen 70-gun third rate ships of the lineEven if by contemporary British practice these 70-gun ships should be rated as third rates, for the Venetian Navy the ''Leon Trionfante''-class were first rate vessels. This different classification dated back to the previous century, but Venice never changed it for prestige issues. built by the Venetian Arsenale from 1716 to 1785, in four different series with minor changes in the ships' length. In 1797, when Venice fell to the French, Napoleon captured several ships of the class, still unfinished in the Arsenal: he chose one of them, forced the shipbuilders to have it completed and added it to his fleet ''en route'' for Egypt. After Campoformio, the remaining vessels were destroyed by the French to avoid their capture by the Austrian Empire. Design and history Almost all the ships of this class were planned and started before 1739, completed to a 70%, then stored in the roofed sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arsenal Of Venice
The Venetian Arsenal ( it, Arsenale di Venezia) is a complex of former shipyards and armories clustered together in the city of Venice in northern Italy. Owned by the state, the Arsenal was responsible for the bulk of the Venetian republic's naval power from the late Middle Ages to the early modern period. It was "one of the earliest large-scale industrial enterprises in history". Overview Construction of the Arsenal began around 1104, during Venice's republican era. It became the largest industrial complex in Europe before the Industrial Revolution, spanning an area of about , or about fifteen percent of Venice.Giove, S., Rosato, P. & Breil, M.A multicriteria approach for the evaluation of the sustainability of re-use of historic buildings in Venice" ''Sustainability indicators and environmental valuation paper - Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei.'' October 2008. Accessed 30 January 2010. Surrounded by a rampart, laborers and shipbuilders regularly worked within the Arsenal, bui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
