Name Suffren Laid down 7 August 1801 Fate Broken up in 1823 Launched 17 September 1803 | Builder Lorient Out of service 1815 Construction started 7 August 1801 Weight 2,966 tons | |
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Namesake Admiral Pierre André de Suffren |
The Suffren was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
Suffren took part in Allemand's expedition of 1805 under Captain Amable Troude.
She operated in the Mediterranean until the end of the First Empire, and was decommissioned shortly thereafter.
Suffren was razeed in 1816, and used as a prison hulk on Toulon harbour.
She was eventually broken up in 1823.
References
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