The ''Eylau'' was an 80-gun ''Bucentaure''-class 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 The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ...

, designed by Sané. Begun as ''Saturne'', she was renamed ''Eylau'' while still under construction. She was commissioned on 11 March 1809 under Captain Jurien de La Gravière. In 1811, she was the flagship of Admiral Allemand. The next year she was transferred to Toulon. After 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) Spain under the Spanish Bourbons: * ...

, she took station in the Caribbean under Captain Larue. She was eventually broken up in Brest in 1829.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eylau Ships of the line of the French Navy Ships built in France Bucentaure-class ships of the line 1808 ships