French ship Souverain (1819)

	Decorative aft panel of Souverain, on display at Toulon naval museum
History
France
Namesake	"Sovereign"
Builder	Toulon
Laid down	1813
Launched	25 August 1819
Fate	Scrapped in 1905
General characteristics
Class and type	Océan class ship of the line
Displacement	5,095 tonnes
Tons burthen	2,700 tonnes
Length	65.18 m (213.8 ft) (196,6 French feet)
Beam	16.24 m (53.3 ft) (50 French feet)
Draught	8.12 m (26.6 ft) (25 French feet)
Propulsion	sail, 3 265 m²; 2400 shp steam engine (from 1853);
Complement	1 079 men
Armament	Rated as 120-gun:; lower deck: 32 36-pounder guns; middle deck: 34 24-pounder guns; upper deck: 34 18-pounder guns; forecastle: 18 8-pounder guns, 6 36-pounder carronades;

Souverain was an Océan type 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was launched in 1819 and transformed into a steam ship in 1853.

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