French ship Dantzig (1807) explained

Dantzig was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

Career

Ordered on 24 April 1804 as Illustre, Dantzig was one of the ships built in the various shipyards captured by the First French Empire in Holland and Italy in a crash programme to replenish the ranks of the French Navy.

In 1807, she crossed from Antwerp to Vlissingen for fitting out.

At the Bourbon Restoration, she was renamed to Achille. Found to need a complete refit on 10 June 1816 she was struck later that year.^[1]

References

• Book: Roche, Jean-Michel . 2005 . Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870 . 978-2-9525917-0-6 . 165892922 . 140. Roche .
• Book: Winfield . Rif . French warships in the age of sail, 1786-1861 . 2015 . Barnsley . 978-1-84832-204-2.

Notes and References

1. Winfield p.96