French ship Donawerth (1808)

The Robuste, sister-ship of the Donawerth
History
France
Name	Donawerth
Namesake	Battle of Donauwörth during the Ulm Campaign
Ordered	11 August 1806
Builder	Toulon
Laid down	1806
Launched	4 July 1808
Fate	Broken up 1824
General characteristics
Class and type	Bucentaure-class
Type	ship of the line
Length	55.88 m (183.33 ft) (overall) 53.92 m (176.90 ft) (keel)
Beam	15.27 m (50.10 ft)
Depth of hold	7.63 m (25.03 ft)
Propulsion	Sail
Sail plan	2,683 m2 (28,879.57 sq ft)
Complement	866
Armament	80 guns 30 × 36-pounders 32 × 24-pounders 18 × 12-pounders 6 × 36-pounder howitzers

The Donawerth was an 80-gun Bucentaure-class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané.

In late 1809, Ganteaume was organising reinforcements to Barcelona. Cosmao set his flag on Robuste and took command of a squadron comprising Donawerth, Génois, Borée and Lion, as well as the frigates Pauline and Pénélope, and a dozen of transports. The fleet departed Toulon on 24 April 1809, and returned on 1 May without incident.

The ship was broken up in 1824.^[1]

Citations

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
• Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French warships in the age of sail, 1786-1861. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-184832-204-2.

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