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Neapolitan ship Capri (1810)

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Name
  
Capri

Laid down
  
Late 1808

Launched
  
21 August 1810

Builder
  
Castellamare di Stabia

Decommissioned
  
January 1812

Weight
  
2,966 tons

Neapolitan ship Capri (1810)

Class and type
  
Téméraire class ship of the line

Displacement
  
2 966 tonnes 5 260 tonnes fully loaded

The Capri was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the Real Marina of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

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Career

Capri was built by engineers Jean-François Lafosse and Philippe Greslé after plans by Sané. In April 1815, she was seized by the British, but returned to Napoli in December 1815. She remained in service at least until 1821.

References

  • Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine du Consulat et du Premier Empire: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1800 à 1815 (in French). Éditions Ancre. p. 76. ISBN 2-903179-30-1. 

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