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FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
UNITED KINGDOM
IMPLACABLE 3rd rate sailing ships-of-the-line (1793-1808/1805-1809, 1815)
Ships
Name |
No | Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Implacable (ex-Le Duguay-Trouin) | Arsenal de Rochefort, France | 11.1794 | 25.3.1800 | 11.1800 // 4.11.1805 | TS 7.1855 | ||
| Mont Blanc (ex-Le Mont Blanc, ex-Républicain, ex-Le Trente-et-Un Mai, ex-Le Pyrrhus) | Arsenal de Rochefort, France | 7.1789 | 19.8.1791 | 3.1793 // 4.11.1805 | hulk 1811 | ||
| Scipion (ex-Le Scipion) | Arsenal de Lorient, France | 6.1798 | 29.3.1801 | 9.1801 // 4.11.1805 | BU 1.1819 | ||
| Abercrombie (ex-D'Hautpoult, ex-L'Alcide, ex-Le Courageux) | Arsenal de Lorient, France | 6.1803 | 2.9.1807 | 2.1808 // 17.4.1809 | sold 4.1817 | ||
| Genoa (ex-Le Brillant) | Arsenal de Genoa, Piemonte | 2.1812 | 18.4.1815 | 4.1815 | receiving ship 1833 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | Implacable: 1896bm Mont Blanc: 1886bm Scipion, Genoa: 1887bm Abercrombie: 1871bm |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | |
| Length, m | Implacable, Abercrombie: 55.3 gundeck Mont Blanc: 55.8 gundeck Scipion, Genoa: 55.5 gundeck |
| Breadth, m | Implacable: 14.9 Mont Blanc, Scipion, Abercrombie, Genoa: 14.8 |
| Draught, m | Implacable: 6.27 Mont Blanc: 6.25 Scipion: 6.20 Abercrombie: 6.60 Genoa: 6.58 |
| No of shafts |
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| Machinery | sails |
| Power, h. p. | |
| Max speed, kts | |
| Fuel, t | |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament | Implacable, Mont Blanc, Scipion: 30 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr SBML, 14 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML carronades, 30 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr SBML, 4 x 1 - 118/14 12pdr SBML Abercrombie: 30 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr SBML, 12 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML carronades, 30 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr SBML, 6 x 1 - 118/14 12pdr SBML Genoa: 28 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr SBML, 14 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML carronades, 30 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr SBML, 6 x 1 - 118/14 12pdr SBML |
| Complement | Implacable, Mont Blanc, Scipion, Abercrombie: 640 Genoa: 600 |
Project history
Former French 74-gun two-deckers of Le Téméraire class. Implacable, Mont Blanc and Scipion were taken in Strachan's action 4.11.1805, Abercrombie was taken off Puerto Rico 17.4.1809. Genoa was captured incomplete on the stocks at Genoa when city surrendered 18.4.1814 and launched and completed for the Royal Navy.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
No significant events.
