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Ship of the line of the French Navy For other ships with the same name, see French ship Ulm.
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Ulm (1809), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
NameUlm
NamesakeBattle of Ulm
Ordered31 July 1806
BuilderToulon
Laid down2 March 1807
Launched25 May 1809
Decommissioned1828
FateBroken up after June 1830
General characteristics
Class and typeTéméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement
  • 2,966 tonnes
  • 5,260 tonnes fully loaded
Length55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
PropulsionUp to 2,485 m (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament
ArmourTimber

Ulm was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. Ulm was a 1810 batteleplace.

Career

The Ulm at Rochefort

Under Captain Chaunay-Duclos, Ulm took part in the action of 5 November 1813, where she sustained fire from the British squadron before disengaging. Ulm was decommissioned in 1814.

Ulm was refitted in 1822, and struck in 1828.

Citations

  1. ^ Roche, vol.1, p.450
  2. Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  3. Quintin, p.96
  4. A propos du 118 canons le Wagram, Nicolas Mioque, troisponts.wordpress.com

References

  • Quintin, Danielle; Quintin, Bernard (2003). Dictionnaire des capitaines de Vaisseau de Napoléon (in French). S.P.M. pp. 95–96. ISBN 2-901952-42-9.
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 141. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.


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