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French ship Centaure (1818)

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The Robuste, sister-ship of the Centaure
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameCentaure
NamesakeCentaure
Ordered25 November 1811
BuilderCherbourg
Laid down2 November 1811
Launched8 January 1818
In service10 February 1823
RenamedSanti-Pietri 14 October 1823
FateDestroyed by fire 4 January 1862
General characteristics
Class and typeBucentaure-class
Typeship of the line
Length
  • 55.88 m (183.33 ft) (overall)
  • 53.92 m (176.90 ft) (keel)
Beam15.27 m (50.10 ft)
Depth of hold7.63 m (25.03 ft)
PropulsionSail
Sail plan2,683 m2 (28,879.57 sq ft)
Complement866
Armament86 guns

Centaure was an 86-gun Bucentaure-class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané.

She took part in operations of the Spanish expedition in 1823, along with Trident and Sirène, silencing fort Santi-Pietri. On 14 October 1823, she was renamed Santi-Pietri to commemorate the event. Santi-Pietri was later used as a troopship, and as a prison hulk in Toulon from 1850, before being destroyed by fire on 4 January 1862.

Burning of the Santi Petri convict-ship at Toulon

References

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  • 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.