French ship Eylau (1808)

The Robuste, sister-ship of the Eylau
History
France
Name	Eylau
Namesake	Battle of Eylau
Ordered	4 June 1804
Builder	Lorient
Laid down	19 December 1805
Launched	18 November 1808
In service	11 March 1809
Stricken	1 June 1829
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 Eylau was an 80-gun Bucentaure-class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané.

Begun as Saturne, she was renamed Eylau while still under construction. She was commissioned on 11 March 1809 under Captain Jurien de La Gravière.

In 1811, she was the flagship of Admiral Allemand. The next year she was transferred to Toulon.

After the Bourbon Restoration, she took station in the Caribbean under Captain Larue.

She was eventually broken up in Brest in 1829.

References[]

• Jean-Michel Roche, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, tome I