Name Ville de Varsovie Ordered 30 April 1804 Laid down 22 March 1805 Construction started 22 March 1805 | Namesake Warsaw Builder Rochefort Commissioned 18 June 1808 Launched 10 May 1808 | |
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The Ville de Varsovie was a Bucentaure-class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Chaumont from original plans by Sané.
Built as Tonnant, she was renamed Ville de Varsovie ("City of Warsaw") while still under construction. At the time, Napoleon established the Duchy of Warsaw and made a considerable effort to mobilize Polish national sentiment on France's behalf.
She was commissioned on 18 June 1808 under captain Mahé, and was part of the Rochefort squadron.
A British party destroyed her by fire by after running aground during the Battle of the Basque Roads.
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