''Colosse'' was a

74-gun The "seventy-four" was a type of two- decked sailing ship of the line, which nominally carried 74 guns. It was developed by the French navy in the 1740s, replacing earlier classes of 60- and 62-gun ships, as a larger complement to the recently-de ...

ship of the line of the

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. Between 1815 and 1827, her forecastle and quarterdeck were

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ed and she was turned into the

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, 60-gun first rank frigate ''Pallas''.

Career

''Colosse'' was ordered on 20 February 1812. She was launched on 5 December 1813, amidst a ceremony honouring the anniversary of the

Battle of Austerlitz The Battle of Austerlitz (2 December 1805/11 Frimaire An XIV FRC), also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the most important and decisive engagements of the Napoleonic Wars. The battle occurred near the town of Austerlitz i ...

, and commissioned in January 1814 under Captain Louvel. In 1821, she cruised in the Caribbean under Captain Ducampe de Rosamel. During the events of the "

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", she took part in the bombardment of Cadiz under Captain de la Bretonnière. Between 1815 and 1827, her forecastle and quarterdeck were

ed, and she was turned into a 60-gun first rank frigate, with two complete batteries, and renamed ''Pallas''. As ''Pallas'', she took part in the

Invasion of Algiers in 1830 The invasion of Algiers in 1830 was a large-scale military operation by which the Kingdom of France, ruled by Charles X, invaded and conquered the Deylik of Algiers. Algiers was annexed by the Ottoman Empire in 1529 after the capture of Algie ...

, and in the

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, under Captain Buchet de Châteauville. Upon her return, she was decommissioned, and condemned in 1840.

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