Danube was a 74-gun built for the French Navy during the first decade of the 19th century. Completed in 1809, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars.
Description Designed by Jacques-Noël Sané, the Téméraire-class ships had a length of , a beam of and a depth of hold of . The ships displaced 3,069 tonneaux and had a mean draught of . They had a tonnage of 1,537 port tonneaux. Their crew numbered 705 officers and ratings during wartime. They were fitted with three masts and ship rigged.Winfield & Roberts, p. 87
The muzzle-loading, smoothbore armament of the Téméraire class consisted of twenty-eight 36-pounder long guns on the lower gun deck and thirty 18-pounder long guns on the upper gun deck. On the quarterdeck and forecastle were a total of sixteen 8-pounder long guns. Beginning with the ships completed after 1787, the armament of the Téméraires began to change with the addition of four 36-pounder obusiers on the poop deck (). Some ships had instead twenty 8-pounders.Winfield & Roberts, pp. 87–88
Construction and career Danube was ordered on 11 August 1806 and laid down on 1 June 1807 at the Arsenal de Toulon. The ship was launched on 21 December 1808, completed in August 1809 and commissioned on 28 August.Winfield & Roberts, p. 94 Danube was recommissioned on 15 June 1810 by Captain Antoine Henry using the men from the 2nd Battalion of the Line ().Roche, p. 141Quintin, p. 175
The ship became a training ship in 1882. Danube was struck and ordered to be broken up on 18 December 1826.Winfield & Roberts p. 94
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