French ship Magnanime (1803)
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| History | |
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| Name | Magnanime |
| Builder | Rochefort |
| Laid down | June 1802 |
| Launched | 18 August 1803 |
| Decommissioned | 1816 |
| Fate | Broken up 1820 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Lengthened Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 3200 tonneaux |
| Tons burthen | 1,600 port tonneaux |
| Length | 56.47 m (185 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 14.73 m (48 ft 4 in) |
| Draught | 7.47 m (24.5 ft) |
| Depth of hold | 7.23 m (23 ft 9 in) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Crew | 735 |
| Armament |
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Magnanime was a 74-gun Lengthened Téméraire-class ship of the line built for the French Navy during the 1790s designed by Jacques-Noël Sané. Completed in 1803, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars.
The lengthened Téméraire-class ships had a length of 56.47 metres (185 ft 3 in), a beam of 14.73 metres (48 ft 4 in) and a depth of hold of 7.23 metres (23 ft 9 in). The ships displaced 3,200 tonneaux and had a mean draught of 7.15 metres (23 ft 5 in). They had a tonnage of 1,600 port tonneaux. Their crew numbered 735 officers and ratings during wartime. They were fitted with three masts and ship rigged.[1]
The muzzle-loading, smoothbore armament of the Lengthened Téméraire class consisted of twenty-eight 36-pounder long guns on the lower gun deck and thirty 24-pounder long guns on the upper gun deck. On the quarterdeck, forecastle and poop deck (dunette) were a total of sixteen 8-pounder long guns and four 36-pounder obusiers.[1]