French ship Royal Hollandais (1810)


Royal Hollandais was a 90-gun Chatham-class ship of the line

History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameRoyal Hollandais
BuilderGlavin, Rotterdam[1]
Laid down1797 [1]
Launched1799
CommissionedJuly 1810
FateDecommissioned 1819
General characteristics
Class and typeChatham class ship of the line
Tonnage1500 tonnes[2]
Displacement2900 tonnes [2]
Length61.5 metres (51.8 at the keel) [2]
Beam14.43 metres [2]
Draught6.23 metres [2]
Depth5.94 metres [2]
Complement
  • 18 officers
  • 650 to 819 men[2]
Armament90 guns on three decks of 30 gun ports each[2]

Career edit

Started for the Navy of the Batavian Republic as De Ruyter and renamed Koninklijke Hollander at the foundation of the Kingdom of Holland in 1806, the ship was incorporated in the French Navy as Royal Hollandais when the First French Empire annexed the country. In 1811, that name was shortened to Hollandais. On 10 July, she was appointed to Missiessy's Escaults squadron.[1]

She was returned to the Dutch Navy in 1814 and was decommissioned in 1819.[1]

Citations edit

  1. ^ a b c d Roche, vol.1, p.388
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Demerliac, p.68, no 471

References edit

  • Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine du Consulat et du Premier Empire: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1800 à 1815 (in French). Éditions Ancre. p. 68. ISBN 2-903179-30-1.
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 388. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.