Namesake "Sovereign" Fate Scrapped in 1905 Construction started 1813 Weight 2,700 tons | Laid down 1813 Launched 1819 Builder Toulon | |
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Class and type Océan class ship of the line Length 65.18 m (213.8 ft) (196,6 French feet) | ||
Souverain was an Océan type 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was launched in 1819 and transformed into a steam ship in 1853.
Service history
In 1853, she was refitted to receive a 2,400 shp (1,800 kW) steam engine.
From 1857, she was as a gunnery school in Toulon until she was replaced in this role by Couronne in 1885, and later as a barracks hulk. She was broken up in 1905.
References
French ship Souverain (1819) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA