French ship Constitution (1795)

	Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Constitution (1795), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
Name	Viala
Namesake	Joseph Agricol Viala
Builder	Lorient
Launched	28 September 1795
Renamed	Voltaire in 1795 Constitution in 1795 Jupiter in 1803
Captured	6 February 1806
United Kingdom
Name	Maida
Namesake	Battle of Maida
Fate	Broken up in June 1817
General characteristics
Class and type	Téméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement	2900 tonnes
Tons burthen	1,899 (bm)
Length	55.87 m (183.3 ft) (172 French feet)
Beam	14.90 m (48.9 ft) (44' 6; French)
Draught	7.26 m (23.8 ft) (22 French feet)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship (sail area up to 2485 m2)
General characteristics (French service)
Complement	3 officers + 690 men
Armament	Lower gundeck: 28 × 36-pounder long guns; Upper gundeck: 30 × 18-pounder long guns; Fc and QD:16 × 8-pounder long guns + 4 × 36-pounder carronades;
General characteristics (British service)
Complement	121 officers and men
Armament	Lower deck: 30 × 24-pounder guns; Upper deck: 24 × 24-pounder guns; QD: 2 × 24-pounder guns + 12 × 24-pounder carronades; Fc: 2 × 24-pounder guns + 2 × 24-pounder carronades;

Constitution was a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line of the French Navy launched as Viala (or Vialla) in 1795. The Royal Navy captured her in 1806 and sold her in 1814.

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