French ship Centaure (1818)

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

Centaure was an 86-gun Bucentaure-class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané.

The Robuste, sister-ship of the Centaure
History
France
Name	Centaure
Namesake	Centaure
Ordered	25 November 1811
Builder	Cherbourg
Laid down	2 November 1811
Launched	8 January 1818
In service	10 February 1823
Renamed	Santi-Pietri 14 October 1823
Fate	Destroyed by fire 4 January 1862
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	86 guns

She took part in operations of the Spanish expedition in 1823, along with Trident and Sirène, silencing fort Santi-Pietri. On 14 October 1823, she was renamed Santi-Pietri to commemorate the event. Santi-Pietri was later used as a troopship, and as a prison hulk in Toulon from 1850, before being destroyed by fire on 4 January 1862.

Burning of the Santi Petri convict-ship at Toulon

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.