French ship Donawerth (1808)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Donawerth.

History
The Robuste, sister-ship of the Donawerth
France
Name:	Donawerth
Namesake:	Battle of Donauwörth during the Ulm Campaign
Ordered:	11 August 1806
Builder:	Toulon
Laid down:	1806
Launched:	4 July 1808
Struck:	1825
General characteristics
Class and type:	Bucentaure-class
Type:	ship of the line
Length:	55.88 m (183.33 ft) (overall) 53.92 m (176.90 ft) (keel)
Beam:	15.27 m (50.10 ft)
Depth of hold:	7.63 m (25.03 ft)
Propulsion:	Sail
Sail plan:	2,683 m² (28,879.57 sq ft)
Complement:	866
Armament:	80 guns 30 × 36-pounders 32 × 24-pounders 18 × 12-pounders 6 × 36-pounder howitzers

The Donawerth was an 80-gun Bucentaure-class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané.

In late 1809, Ganteaume was organising reinforcements to Barcelona. Cosmao set his flag on Robuste and took command of a squadron comprising Donawerth, Génois, Borée and Lion, as well as the frigates Pauline and Pénélope, and a dozen of transports. The fleet departed Toulon on 24 April 1809, and returned on 1 May without incident.

References

Jean-Michel Roche, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, tome I

Bucentaure-class ship-of-the-line

Bucentaure Neptune (1803) Robuste Ville de Varsovie Donawerth Eylau Friedland Sceptre Tilsitt Auguste Pacificateur Illustre Diadème Conquérant Duquesne Magnifique Centaure Neptune (1818) Algésiras Jupiter Vesuvio Mars Alexandre Tibre Atlas Fougueux

Preceded by: Tonnant class Followed by: Suffren class List of ships of the line of France

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