Wagram was a first-rate 118-gun built for the French Navy during the 1810s. Completed in 1811, the ship participated in the Action of 5 November 1813 during the Napoleonic Wars. She was refitted in 1818–1822, but was never recommissioned afterward.
Description The later Océan-class ships had a length of at the gun deck a beam of and a depth of hold of . The ships displaced 5095 tonneaux and had a mean draught of . They had a tonnage of 2,794–2,930 port tonneaux. Their crew numbered 1,130 officers and ratings. They were fitted with three masts and ship rigged with a sail area of .Winfield & Roberts, pp. 44, 46–47
The muzzle-loading, smoothbore armament of the Océan class consisted of thirty-two 36-pounder long guns on the lower gun deck, thirty-four 24-pounder long guns on the middle gun deck and on the upper gundeck were thirty-four 18-pounder long guns. On the quarterdeck and forecastle were a total of fourteen 8-pounder long guns and a dozen 36-pounder carronades.Winfield & Roberts, p. 47
Construction and career
Wagram was ordered in 1809 as Monarque and was laid down at the Arsenal de Toulon in April. Renamed Wagram on 15 February 1810, the ship was launched on 1 July, commissioned on 11 February 1811 and completed the following month. Under Captain François Legras, she took part in the Action of 5 November 1813 as the flagship of Rear-Admiral Cosmao. On 29 August 1814, after the Hundred Days, Wagram was transferred from Toulon to Brest, along with Austerlitz and Commerce de Paris.Roche, p. 475
The ship had a lengthy refit in 1818–1821 and was never recommissioned afterward. She was struck from the navy list on 15 October 1836 and broken up the following year.
Citations
References Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen S. (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing.
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