''Friedland'' was an 118-gun ship of the line of the

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Her keel was laid down in Cherbourg in 1812 as ''Inflexibe''. During her construction, she was renamed ''Friedland'', ''Duc de Bordeaux'' during the Bourbon Restoration, ''Friedland'' again briefly during the Hundred Days and back to ''Duc de Bordeaux'' thereafter. On 9 October 1830, following the

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, she took her name of '' Friedland''. She was finally launched on 4 March 1840. She was decommissioned from 1852 to 1853, when she took back service and served in the

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. On 27 July 1853, she ran aground off the Rabbit Islands,

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. She was later refloated. In 1857, work was undertaken to convert her to a steam and sail ship, but the conversion was aborted in February 1858 and the engine was eventually installed on . From March 1865, she was used as barracks hulk in Toulon, as ''Colosse''. She was broken up in 1879.Winfield p.48

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Le Friedland, son nom, son lancement (1840)
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