French ship Friedland (1810) explained
The
Friedland was an 80-gun
Bucentaure-class
ship of the line of the
French Navy, designed by
Sané.
Career
Her launching was attended by Napoleon and his wife, Marie Louise. She was commissioned in Antwerp under Captain Le Bozec on 4 January 1811, and attributed to the Brest squadron.
She was given to Holland with the Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1814. She was renamed Vlaming and broken up in 1823.[1]
References
- Book: Roche, Jean-Michel . 2005 . Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870 . 978-2-9525917-0-6 . 165892922 . 215. Group Retozel-Maury Millau.
- Book: Winfield . Rif . Roberts . Stephen S. . French warships in the age of sail, 1786-1861 . 2015 . Seaforth Publishing . Barnsley . 978-184832-204-2.
Notes and References
- Winfield & Roberts p.59