The Duquesne was an 80-gun 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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Built on brand new docks as Zélandais, she was renamed to Duquesne at the Bourbon Restauration, on 27 April 1814, while she was still being commissioned. On 23 March 1815, during the Hundred Days

Hundred Days

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, she was renamed back to Zélandais, and to Duquesne again on 15 July when Louis XVIII returned on the throne.

She took part in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830

Invasion of Algiers in 1830

The Invasion of Algiers in 1830 was a large-scale military operation by which the Kingdom of France, ruled by Charles X, invaded and conquered the Ottoman Regency of Algiers...

 under captain Bazoche.

After the July Revolution

July Revolution

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, she was again renamed Zélandais.

On 24 January 1834, she ferried survivors of the wreck of Superbe to Toulon.

She was again used as a troopship, was used as a hulk in 1832 in Brest, and was eventually struck in 1836.

The figurehead of Duquesne is on display at the Musée national de la Marine

Musée national de la Marine

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in Paris. An oil painting in Brest naval museum shows Duquesne as a hulk during the fire of the harbour.