French ship Ulm (1809)

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
Name| Ulm
Namesake| Battle of Ulm
Ordered| 31 July 1806 [1]
Builder| Toulon[1]
Laid down| 2 March 1807 [1]
Launched| 25 May 1809 [1]
Decommissioned| 1828 [1]
Fate| Broken up after June 1830
General characteristics [2]
Class and type| Téméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement|

* 2,966 tonnes
* 5,260 tonnes fully loaded

Length| 55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam| 14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught| 7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
Propulsion| Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament|

* 74 guns:
* Lower gundeck:
* 28 × 36-pounder long guns
* Upper gundeck:
* 30 × 18-pounder long guns
* Forecastle and Quarter deck:
* 6 × 8-pounder long guns
* 10 × 36-pounder carronades

Armour| Timber

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

## Career[edit]

The Ulm at Rochefort

Under Captain Chaunay-Duclos,[3] Ulm took part in the action of 5 November 1813, where she sustained fire from the British squadron before disengaging.[4] Ulm was decommissioned in 1814.[1]

Ulm was refitted in 1822, and struck in 1828.[1]

## Citations[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e f g 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[edit]

* 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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