Name Gaulois Builder Antwerp Decommissioned 1824 Launched 14 April 1812 | Namesake Gaul Laid down 1807 Construction started 1807 Weight 2,966 tons | |
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Class and type Téméraire-class ship of the line | ||
Gaulois was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
Career
Commissioned in Antwerp, Gaulois served in Missiessy's squadron under Captain Malin before being stationed at Antwerp in March, along with Trajan, for the defence of the town.
At the Bourbon Restoration in 1814, she returned to Brest, where she was decommissioned. She was struck in 1827 and eventually broken up in 1831.
References
French ship Gaulois (1812) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA