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French ship Mont Saint-Bernard (1811)

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Mont Saint-Bernard fitted with Ship Camels
History
France
NameMont Saint-Bernard
BuilderVenice
Laid down1808
Launched9 June 1811
Stricken20 April 1814
FateBurnt 1814
General characteristics
Type82-gun ship of the line
Length54.9 m (180 ft 1 in)
Beam14.5 m (47 ft 7 in)
Depth6.9 m (22 ft 8 in)

Mont Saint-Bernard was an 82-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line of the French Navy.[1]

On 20 April 1814, after the abdication of Napoleon at the end of the War of the Sixth Coalition, she was handed over to the Austrians. She was burned by accident on 14 September 1814.[2]

See also

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Citations

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  1. ^ Roche, p.314
  2. ^ Winfield & Roberts p.96

References

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  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 314. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French warships in the age of sail, 1786-1861. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781848322042.
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