French ship Golymin (1809)
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Golymin (1809), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Golymin |
| Namesake | Battle of Golymin |
| Ordered | 4 June 1804, as Inflexible |
| Builder | Caudan, Lorient |
| Laid down | 4 June 1804 |
| Launched | 8 December 1809 |
| In service | 1 January 1812 |
| Fate | Wrecked on Mengam Rock on 23 March 1814 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 3,069 tonneaux |
| Tons burthen | 1,537 port tonneaux |
| Length | 55.87 metres (183 ft 4 in) (172 pied) |
| Beam | 14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 7.26 metres (23 ft 10 in) (22 pied) |
| Propulsion | Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails |
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| Armour | Timber |
The Golymin was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy (of the Duquesne sub-class). Built in Lorient in 1804, she was launched in 1809. Wrecked on Mengam Rock in the roads of Brest on 23 March 1814, she is the source of the Obusier de vaisseau currently on display in the Musée national de la Marine in Paris and in Brest.