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French ship Romulus (1812)

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Name
  
Romulus

Renamed
  
Guerrière in 1821

Launched
  
1812

Weight
  
2,966 tons

Builder
  
Toulon

Namesake
  
Romulus, Warrior

Fate
  
broken up in 1840

Length
  
56 m

Beam
  
15 m

French ship Romulus (1812)

Class and type
  
Téméraire class ship of the line

Displacement
  
2966 tonnes 5260 tonnes fully loaded

The Romulus was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

In February 1814, under captain Rolland, she sailed from Toulon to Genoa, being part of a division under Julien Cosmao. On 13, she was engaged by three British ships of the line, notably HMS Boyne and HMS Caledonia, and managed to escape to Toulon by sailing close to the coast to avoid being surrounded.

By 1821, she had been razéed into a frigate, and renamed Guerrière. She was captained by Commander Jean-Léon Émeric.

She was eventually broken up in 1840.

References

French ship Romulus (1812) Wikipedia