Rivoli was a Téméraire-class ship of the line of the French Navy. Rivoli was built in the Arsenal of Venice, whose harbour was too shallow for a 74-gun to exit. To allow her to depart, she was fitted with seacamels.[note 1]
 1⁄40th scale model of Rivoli fitted with seacamels.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Rivoli |
| Namesake | Battle of Rivoli |
| Builder | Venice |
| Laid down | 1807 |
| Launched | 6 September 1810 |
| Captured | 22 February 1812 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Rivoli |
| Acquired | Captured from the French on 22 February 1812 |
| Fate | Broken up 1819 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Seventy-four Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 1,630 tonnes |
| Length | 52 m (171 ft) |
| Beam | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Draught | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Complement | 3 officers + 690 men |
| Armament |
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On her maiden journey, under Jean-Baptiste Barré, the British 74-gun third-rate HMS Victorious intercepted her on 22 February 1812. Her crew was inexperienced, and in the ensuing Battle of Pirano, the British captured Rivoli after some 400 men of her crew of over 800 were killed or wounded.[2]
The Royal Navy subsequently recommissioned her as HMS Rivoli. On 30 May 1815, under Captain Edward Stirling Dickson, she captured the frigate Melpomène off Naples. The ship was broken up in 1819.[3]
Notes
edit- ^ Rivoli and Mont Saint-Bernard were the only two French ships of the line to use this system.
Citations
edit- ^ Troude 1867, p. 157
- ^ "No. 16600". The London Gazette. 5 May 1812. pp. 851–852.
- ^ Winfield & Roberts p.96
References
edit- HMS Rivoli Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France. Vol. 4. Challamel ainé.
- Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French warships in the age of sail, 1786-1861. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-184832-204-2.
External links
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