Bucentaure

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sailing ship ship of the line warship

Bucentaure was a French 80-gun ship of the line that served as Admiral Villeneuve’s flagship and played a central role in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

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Label Occurrences
Bucentaure canonical 2

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf sailing ship ⓘ
ship of the line ⓘ
warship ⓘ
admiralOnBoard Pierre-Charles Villeneuve ⓘ
alliance France ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
armamentType smoothbore muzzle-loading naval guns ⓘ
armedWith 80 guns ⓘ
battleDate 21 October 1805 ⓘ
capturedBy Royal Navy ⓘ
capturedIn Battle of Trafalgar ⓘ
commandedBy Pierre-Charles Villeneuve ⓘ
conflict Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
engagedBy HMS Neptune ⓘ
HMS Temeraire ⓘ
HMS Victory ⓘ
era Age of Sail ⓘ
fate wrecked ⓘ
fateDetail wrecked in a storm after Trafalgar ⓘ
flagshipOf Pierre-Charles Villeneuve ⓘ
fleet Combined Fleet ⓘ
gunDecks two-decker ⓘ
historicalSignificance central role in the Battle of Trafalgar ⓘ
hullType wooden sailing ship ⓘ
namedAfter Bucentaur (ceremonial barge of the Doges of Venice) ⓘ
navalTheater War of the Third Coalition ⓘ
notableDamage severely damaged by British gunfire at Trafalgar ⓘ
notableEvent center of the Franco-Spanish line at Trafalgar ⓘ
operator French Navy ⓘ
opposedBy Royal Navy ⓘ
primaryOpponentFleet British fleet at Trafalgar ⓘ
propulsion sail ⓘ
roleInBattle flagship of the Franco-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar ⓘ
serviceEntryEra early 19th century ⓘ
shipClass Tonnant-class ship of the line ⓘ
surrenderedDate 21 October 1805 ⓘ
surrenderedTo HMS Conqueror ⓘ
tookPartIn Battle of Trafalgar ⓘ
usedBy Franco-Spanish fleet ⓘ
wreckLocation near Cadiz ⓘ

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Battle of Trafalgar → hasShipInvolved → Bucentaure ⓘ
commemorated by Trafalgar Day → notableShip → Bucentaure ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Trafalgar