“The Naval force of France. France has 11s hips of the line, first class, 126 guns each; 23 of second class, 86 guns each; 23 of third class, 82 guns each. This forms a total of 67 ships, nearly every one of them built since 1818. Besides this, France has 40 frigates, first class, each of 60 thirty-six pounders; 10 frigates, each of 46 thirty-six pounders; 15 frigates, third class, each of 82 guns ; 10 frigates, 4lh class, of 26 guns ; 24 corvettes, each from 20 to 32 guns ; 16 gun brigs, 27 steamers, the majority of 160-horse power, and each of them well armed. In her arsenals there are nearly 3,000 guns and carronades for the naval service, enough to fit out 51 ships of the line, 20 frigates, and 20 corvettes. The 67 ships of war (of the three classes) which France now has in commission, or ready for it, are the following:
Ships of the line, first class, 126 guns
L’Ocean, Le Montebello, Le Friedland, L’Austerlitz, Le Souverain, Le Louis XIV, Le Majestueux, Le Trocadero, La Ville de Paris, Le Wagram and Le Commerce.
Ships of the line, second class, rated at 86 guns but mounting 100.
Le Jena, Le Suffrein, L’Hanibal, Le Foudroyant, Le Jupiter, Le Turenne, Le Diademo, Le Tage, Le Henri IV, Le Duquesne, L’Hercule, Le Navarin, Le Magnifique, Le Jemape, L’Ajax, Le Santi Petri, Le Fleurus Le Bucentaure, Le Neptune, L’Ulm, L’Eole, L’Algesiras and Le Dugeay-Trouin.
Ships of the line, third class, 82 guns.
Le Tourvile Le Scipion, Le Bayard, Le Veteran, La Ville de Marseilles L’Alexandre, Le Triton, L’Achille, La Couronne, L’Orion, Le Fontenoi, Le Breslau, Le Superbe, L’Inflexible, Le Nestor, L’Alger, Le Diomede, Le Marengo, Le Gcnereux, Le Hector, Le Trident, Le Duegueselin and Le Jean-Bart.
Every ship of the line is provided with four howitzer cannon, 80 pounders, called a la paixhans. Every frigate of the first class is to have two of 80; steam boats of 160-horse power, three of 80; frigates of the second and third classes, sloops, and brigs, four of 30.”
Source
The Army and Navy Chronicle. Vol VI., p. 165. Edition Thursday 13 September 1838, no. 193, p. 165. The list apparently earlier published in the London Standard.
Note
1. This list can’t be dating from 1838 while the Le Trocadero was lost due to fire in 1836. See for an apart note dealing with this ship on the weblog
