Neapolitan ship Capri (1810)
Appearance
![]() Scale model of Achille, sister ship of Neapolitan ship Capri (1810), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
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History | |
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Name | Capri |
Builder | Castellamare di Stabia[1] |
Laid down | Late 1808[1] |
Launched | 21 August 1810[1] |
Fate | Broken up 1847 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
Displacement |
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Length | 55.87 m (183 ft 4 in) (172 French feet) |
Beam | 14.90 m (48 ft 11 in) (44' 6) |
Draught | 7.26 m (23 ft 10 in) (22 French feet) |
Propulsion | Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails |
Complement | 678 men |
Armament |
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Armour | Timber |
The Capri was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the Real Marina of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
Career
[edit]Capri was built by engineers Jean-François Lafosse and Philippe Greslé after plans by Sané. In April 1815, she was seized by the British, but returned to Napoli in December 1815. She was broken up in 1847.[2]
Citations
[edit]References
[edit]- Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine du Consulat et du Premier Empire: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1800 à 1815 (in French). Éditions Ancre. p. 76. ISBN 2-903179-30-1.
- Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French warships in the age of sail, 1786-1861. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-184832-204-2.