Montebello was a first-rate 118-gun built for the French Navy during the 1810s. Completed in 1813, the ship did not play a significant role in the Napoleonic Wars. She was converted to steam in 1851–1852 and participated in the Crimean War of 1854–1855.
Description The later Océan-class ships had a length of at the gun deck a beam of and a depth of hold of . The ships displaced 5095 tonneaux and had a mean draught of . They had a tonnage of 2,794–2,930 port tonneaux. Their crew numbered 1,130 officers and ratings. They were fitted with three masts and ship rigged with a sail area of .Winfield & Roberts, pp. 44, 46–47
The muzzle-loading, smoothbore armament of the Océan class consisted of thirty-two 36-pounder long guns on the lower gun deck, thirty-four 24-pounder long guns on the middle gun deck and on the upper gundeck were thirty-four 18-pounder long guns. On the quarterdeck and forecastle were a total of fourteen 8-pounder long guns and a dozen 36-pounder carronades.Winfield & Roberts, p. 47
Career
Montebello was ordered in 1810 and was laid down at the Arsenal de Toulon in October of that year. The ship was launched on 6 December 1812, commissioned on 1 July 1813 and completed the following month.Winfield, p. 48
On 31 October 1836, she was driven ashore at the Grosse Tour, Toulon. She was subsequently refloated.
On 5 March 1855 she took part in the Siege of Sevastopol, then in the expedition to Kerch and in the Battle of Kinburn. In 1860, Montebello replaced Suffren at Toulon as a school-ship for gunnery, and in 1867, she was used as a floating barracks. She was scrapped in 1889.Roche, p. 314
Citations
References
Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen S. (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing.
External links
1812. Le Montebello de Sané (France) Armement du vaisseau à trois-ponts le Montebello (1834), Nicolas Mioque