Neapolitan ship Gioacchino (1812)

The Gioacchino was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the Real Marina of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

Scale model of Achille, sister ship of Neapolitan ship Gioacchino (1812), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Name	Gioacchino
Builder	Castellamare di Stabia
Laid down	September 1810
Launched	1 August 1812
Completed	May 1813
Fate	Sold for breaking up 1820
General characteristics
Class and type	Téméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement	2 966 tonnes 5 260 tonnes fully loaded
Length	55.87 m (183 ft 4 in) (172 French feet)
Beam	14.90 m (48 ft 11 in) (44' 6)
Draught	7.26 m (23 ft 10 in) (22 French feet)
Propulsion	Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Complement	678 men
Armament	74 guns: Lower gundeck: 28 × 36-pounder long guns Upper gundeck: 30 × 24-pounder long guns Forecastle and quarter deck: 16 × 8-pounder long guns 4 × 36-pounder carronades
Armour	Timber

Career

Gioacchino was built by engineers Jean-François Lafosse and Philippe Greslé after plans by Sané. In April 1815, she was seized by the British, but returned to Napoli in December 1815, where she served as San Fernando. In May 1820, an accidental fire damaged her beyond repair and she was sold for breaking up.

References

• Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine du Consulat et du Premier Empire: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1800 à 1815 (in French). Éditions Ancre. p. 76. ISBN 2-903179-30-1.