French ship Tilsitt (1810)

Robuste, sister ship of Tilsitt
History
France
Name	Tilsitt
Namesake	Treaties of Tilsit
Ordered	June 1807
Builder	Anvers, Belgium
Laid down	1807
Launched	15 August 1810
Stricken	10 February 1814
Fate	Broken up in 1818
General characteristics
Class and type	Bucentaure-class ship of the line
Length	55.88 m (183 ft 4 in) (overall) 53.92 m (176 ft 11 in) (keel)
Beam	15.27 m (50 ft 1 in)
Depth of hold	7.63 m (25 ft 0 in)
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

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

She defended the harbour on Anvers until 1814.

She was given to Holland with the Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1814, and commissioned in the Dutch Navy as Neptunus.

References[]

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