Namesake Battle of Austerlitz Laid down 17 August 1832 Class and type Hercule class Construction started 17 August 1832 Length 71 m Displacement 4.5 million kg | Builder Cherbourg Fate scrapped Beam 16.80 m (55.1 ft) Launched 15 September 1852 Weight 4,500 tons Draft 7.67 m | |
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The Austerlitz was a late 100-gun Hercule-class ship of the line of the French Navy.
Service history
Laid down as Ajax, she was renamed Austerlitz on 28 November 1839, still on keel.
In 1850, her rigging was changed for that of a 90-gun, and a steam engine was installed.
She took part in operations in the Black Sea in 1854.
From 1871, she was used as a prison hulk of prisoners of the Paris Commune. Between 1874 and 1894, she was used as a school ship. She was eventually broken up in 1895.
References
French ship Austerlitz (1852) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA