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French ship République française (1802)

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Namesake
  
French Republic

Completed
  
August 1803

Construction started
  
March 1794

Weight
  
2,700 tons

Laid down
  
March 1794

Displacement
  
2 700 tonnes

Launched
  
18 April 1802

French ship République française (1802)

Builder
  
Pierre Rolland, Rochefort Dyd

Class and type
  
Océan class ship of the line

The République française was a first-rate 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, of the Océan type, designed by Jacques-Noël Sané and built by Pierre Rolland.

She was begun at Rochefort in 1794 as the Majesteux, but was given the name République française later that same year. She resumed the name Majestueux in February 1803, prior to being completed in August 1803. She took part in Allemand's expedition of 1805. Scrapped in 1839.

References

French ship République française (1802) Wikipedia


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