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French ship Souverain (1819)
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Souverain was an Océan type 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy
French Navy
The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
. She was launched in 1819 and transformed into a steam ship in 1853.
In 1853, she was refitted to receive a 2400 shp steam engine
Steam engine
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From 1857, she was as a gunnery school in Toulon, and later as a barracks hulk. She was broken up in 1905.