French ship Impérial (1811)
1/48 scale model of the Océan class 120-gun ship of the line Commerce de Marseille, sister-ship of the Impérial. On display at Marseille naval museum. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Builder | François Poncet, Toulon Dyd |
| Laid down | July 1810 |
| Launched | 1 December 1811 |
| Completed | August 1812 |
| Fate | Broken up 1825 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Océan-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 5,095 tonneaux |
| Tons burthen | 2,794–2,930 port tonneaux |
| Length | 63.83 m (209 ft 5 in) (gun deck) |
| Beam | 16.4 m (53 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 8.14 m (26 ft 8 in) |
| Depth of hold | 8.12 m (26 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion | sail, 3,250 m2 (35,000 sq ft) |
| Sail plan | full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 1,130 |
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Impérial was a first-rate 118-gun Océan-class ship of the line built for the French Navy during the 1810s. Completed in 1812, the ship was the French flagship during the Action of 5 November 1813 during the Napoleonic Wars. She was condemned in 1825 and was subsequently scrapped.