French ship Impérial

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French ship Impérial was a large French Navy ship of the line from the Napoleonic era, notable as the flagship engaged and destroyed during the 1806 Battle of San Domingo against the British Royal Navy.

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instanceOf French Navy ship
ship of the line
allegiance First French Empire NERFINISHED
armamentRole line-of-battle ship
armamentType smoothbore muzzle-loading naval guns
battle Battle of San Domingo NERFINISHED
battleDate 6 February 1806
class 118-gun ship of the line
commanderAtBattle Corentin-Urbain Leissègues NERFINISHED
conflict Napoleonic Wars
constructionMaterial wood
country France
crewType sailors and marines
designedFor fleet actions in the line of battle
destroyedBy Royal Navy NERFINISHED
engagedAgainst British West Indies squadron NERFINISHED
engagement Battle of San Domingo NERFINISHED
engagementOutcome captured and destroyed by superior British force
era Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED
fate destroyed in battle
run ashore and burnt
flagOfficer Vice-Admiral Corentin-Urbain Leissègues NERFINISHED
flagshipOf French squadron at the Battle of San Domingo
gunCount 118
historicalSignificance part of the last major fleet action of the Royal Navy in the Caribbean during the Napoleonic Wars
locationOfLoss Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED
off Santo Domingo
lostDuringReignOf Napoleon I NERFINISHED
navalPower French Empire NERFINISHED
navalTacticUsedAgainst close action by British ships of the line
navalTechnology age of sail warship
navalTheater Caribbean theater of the Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED
notableFor being destroyed at the Battle of San Domingo
serving as French flagship in the Caribbean
operator French Navy NERFINISHED
opponent British Royal Navy NERFINISHED
opposingCommander Vice-Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth NERFINISHED
propulsion sail
rate first-rate ship of the line
roleAtBattle flagship
serviceBranch Marine nationale NERFINISHED
shipCategory ship lost in combat
shipwreck of the Caribbean Sea
shipType three-decker ship of the line
strategicResultOfLoss contributed to British control of the Caribbean sea lanes
timePeriod early 19th century
usedIn blue-water naval warfare
yearOfLoss 1806

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