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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Canopus (ex-Le Franklin)			Arsenal de Toulon, France	11.1794	25.6.1797	3.1798 // 2.8.1798	receiving ship 10.1862

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	2259bm
Displacement full, t
Length, m	59.1 gundeck
Breadth, m	15.7
Draught, m	7.11
No of shafts
Machinery	sails
Power, h. p.
Max speed, kts
Fuel, t
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	32 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr SBML, 20 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML carronades, 34 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr SBML, 2 x 1 - 107/14 9pdr SBML
Complement	700

Project history

Former French 80-gun three-decker, taken at Aboukir Bay 2.8.1798 and commissioned by Royal Navy in December 1798.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.