''Duquesne'' was an 80-gun 80-gun
ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colu ...
of the
French Navy, designed by
Sané.
Built on brand new docks as ''Zélandais'', she was renamed ''Duquesne'' following the
Bourbon Restoration Bourbon Restoration may refer to:
France under the House of Bourbon:
* Bourbon Restoration in France (1814, after the French revolution and Napoleonic era, until 1830; interrupted by the Hundred Days in 1815)
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* ...
, on 27 April 1814, while she was still being
commissioned. On 23 March 1815, during the
Hundred Days
The Hundred Days (french: les Cent-Jours ), also known as the War of the Seventh Coalition, marked the period between Napoleon's return from eleven months of exile on the island of Elba to Paris on20 March 1815 and the second restoration ...
, she was renamed ''Zélandais'', and then ''Duquesne'' again on 15 July when
Louis XVIII returned on the throne.
She took part in the
Invasion of Algiers in 1830 under Captain Bazoche. After the
July Revolution, she was again renamed ''Zélandais''.
On 24 January 1834, she ferried survivors of the wreck of to
Toulon. She was again used as a
troopship, was used as a
hulk
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in 1832 in
Brest, and was eventually struck in 1836.
The figurehead of ''Duquesne'' is on display at the
Musée national de la Marine in Paris. An oil painting in Brest naval museum shows ''Duquesne'' as a hulk during the fire of the harbour.
Image:Duquesne mp3h9378.jpg, Figurehead of ''Duquesne'', on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
File:Incendie de la salle d'armes à Brest-Anonymous circa 1832 mg 8012.jpg, ''Incendie de la salle d'armes à Brest le 25 janvier 1832''
File:Incendie de la salle d'armes à Brest-Anonymous circa 1832 mg 8013.jpg, ''Incendie de la salle d'armes à Brest le 25 janvier 1832'' (detail)
References
* Jean-Michel Roche, ''Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours'', tome I
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Ships of the line of the French Navy
Ships built in France
Bucentaure-class ships of the line
1813 ships