The Conquérant was a Bucentaure-class

Bucentaure class ship of the line

The Bucentaure class was a class of 80-gun French ships of the line built to a design by Jacques-Noël Sané from 1802 onwards, of which at least 29 were ordered but only 21 ships were launched...

 80-gun ship of the line

Ship of the line

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 of the French Navy

French Navy

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, designed by Sané

Sane

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She was commissioned in Anvers under Captain Lafond in the Scheldt

Scheldt

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 squadron. At the Bourbon Restauration, she was sent to Brest, where she underwent a refit in 1821, and was sent to Toulon in 1824. She took part in the Morea expedition

Morea expedition

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 in 1827, and in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830

Invasion of Algiers in 1830

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In November 1830, she was disarmed in Toulon, and was struck the next year. From 1830, she was used as a barracks hulk, until 1842, when she was broken up.