French ship Charlemagne (1852)
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Name | Charlemagne |
Namesake | Charlemagne |
Acquired | 1843 |
Commissioned | 1852 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ship of the line |
Armament | 80 guns |
Charlemagne was an 80-gun French ship of the line commissioned in 1852. The ship was in the Mediterranean Sea in 1852.[1] The ship was sent by Napoleon III to the Black Sea as a show of force in violation of the London Straits Convention just prior to the Crimean War.[2]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/%28Recto%29_HMS_%27Vengeance%27_at_anchor_in_Port_Mahon%2C_26_May_1852%3B_%28Verso%29_The_%27Charlemagne%27_with_%27Trafalgar%27_leaving_Port_Mahon_under_tow_by_%27Firebrand%27%2C_1_June_1852_RMG_PZ0868-002.tiff/lossy-page1-300px-thumbnail.tiff.jpg)
The 'Charlemagne', with 'HMS Trafalgar' leaving Port Mahon under tow by 'HMS Firebrand', 1 June 1852
Notes[]
References[]
- Calhoun, Gordon "The Flagship's Roman Holiday, USS Cumberland's 1850s Mediterranean Cruises" The Day Book Vol 10 Issue 2 Hampton Roads Naval Museum <http://www.hrnm.navy.mil/daybooks/volumexissue2.pdf>
- Royle, Trevor Crimea: The Great Crimean War, 1854-1856 (2000) Palgrave Macmillan ISBN 1-4039-6416-5
Categories:
- Ships of the line of the French Navy
- 1852 ships
- Ships built in France
- Crimean War naval ships of France
- French naval ship stubs
- French ship of the line stubs