French ship Polonais (1808)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Lys and French ship Glorieux.
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Polonais (1808), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
NamePolonais
Namesake
Ordered25 February 1804
BuilderLorient
Laid down4 July 1804
Launched27 May 1808
Commissioned25 July 1808
RenamedLys, 1814
Stricken1822
FateBroken up, 1825
General characteristics
Class & typeTéméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement3,069 tonneaux
Tons burthen1,537 port tonneaux
Length55.87 m (183 ft 4 in)
Beam14.46 m (47 ft 5 in)
Draught7.15 m (23.5 ft)
Depth of hold7.15 m (23 ft 5 in)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Crew705
Armament

Polonais was a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line built for the French Navy during the 1790s. Completed in 1805, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars.

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