French ship César (1807)

	Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship César (1807), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
Name	César
Namesake	Julius Caesar
Builder	Antwerp
Laid down	April 1804
Launched	21 June 1807
Fate	Ceded to the Netherlands 1 August 1814, broken up 1821
General characteristics
Class and type	Téméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement	2,966 tonnes; 5,260 tonnes fully loaded;
Length	55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam	14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught	7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
Propulsion	Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament	74 guns:; Lower gundeck:; 28 × 36-pounder long guns; Upper gundeck:; 30 × 18-pounder long guns; Forecastle and Quarter deck:; 6 × 8-pounder long guns; 10 × 36-pounder carronades;
Armour	Timber

César was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

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