French ship Constitution (1795)
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Constitution (1795), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris. | |
| History | |
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| France | |
| Name | Viala |
| Namesake | Joseph Agricol Viala |
| Builder | Lorient |
| Launched | 28 September 1795 |
| Renamed | Voltaire in 1795
Constitution in 1795 Jupiter in 1803 |
| Captured | 6 February 1806 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Maida |
| Namesake | Battle of Maida |
| Fate | Broken up in June 1817 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 3,069 tonneaux |
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| Length | 55.87 m (183.3 ft) (172 French feet) |
| Beam | 14.90 m (48.9 ft) (44' 6; French) |
| Draught | 7.26 m (23.8 ft) (22 French feet) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship (sail area up to 2485 m2) |
| General characteristics (French service) | |
| Complement | 3 officers + 690 men |
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| General characteristics (British service) | |
| Complement | 121 officers and men |
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Constitution was a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line of the French Navy launched as Viala (or Vialla) in 1795. The Royal Navy captured her in 1806 and sold her in 1814.