French ship Romulus (1812)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Romulus and French ship Guerrière.

Fight of the Romulus against HMS Boyne and HMS Caledonia, by Vincent Courdouan (1848)
History
France
Name	Romulus
Namesake	Romulus, Warrior
Builder	Toulon
Launched	31 May 1812
Renamed	Guerrière in 1821
Fate	Broken up in 1830
General characteristics
Class and type	Téméraire class ship of the line
Displacement	2966 tonnes 5260 tonnes fully loaded
Length	55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam	14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught	7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
Propulsion	Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament	73 guns: Lower gundeck: 28 × 36-pounder long guns Upper gundeck: 30 × 18-pounder long guns Forecastle and Quarter deck: 16 × 8-pounder long guns 4 × 36-pounder carronades
Armour	Timber

The Romulus was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

In February 1814, under captain Rolland, she sailed from Toulon to Genoa, being part of a division under Julien Cosmao. On 13, she was engaged by three British ships of the line, notably HMS Boyne and HMS Caledonia, and managed to escape to Toulon by sailing close to the coast to avoid being surrounded.

By 1821, she had been razéed into a frigate, and renamed Guerrière. She was captained by Commander Jean-Léon Émeric.

She was eventually broken up in 1830.

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  Painting of the action of 13 February 1814, by Pierre-Julien Gilbert

External links

• Fonds Marine. Campagnes (opérations ; divisions et stations navales ; missions diverses). Inventaire de la sous-série Marine BB4. Tome deuxième : BB4 1 à 482 (1790-1826) [1]
• JULIEN COSMAO KERJULIEN (1761 – 1825) Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine