Ship of the line of the French Navy
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
Centaure was an 86-gun Bucentaure -class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy , designed by Sané .
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 [ edit ]
Shipwrecks 2 Jan: Northern Light 4 Jan: Santi-Pietri 9 Jan: USS Meteor , USS Potomac 20 Jan: USS Margaret Scott 23 Jan: Ocean Chief 24 Jan: USS Peri 25 Jan: USS New England , USS Stephen Young 26 Jan: USS India , USS Timor 7 Feb: CSS Curlew 8 Feb: CSS Sea Bird 10 Feb: CSS Appomattox , CSS Black Warrior , CSS Fanny , CSS Forrest 20 Feb: USS Isaac N. Seymour 25 Feb: USS R. B. Forbes 8 Mar: USS Congress , USS Cumberland 9 Mar: CSS George Page 10 Mar: USS Whitehall March (unknown date): Camilla (or Memphis ) 4 Apr: CSS Red Rover 7 Apr: CSS Grampus 8 Apr: CSS New Orleans 14 Apr: Erebus 19 Apr: USS Maria J. Carlton 24 Apr: CSS General Lovell , CSS Governor Moore , CSS Manassas , CSS Stonewall Jackson , Sweepstakes , USS Varuna 25 Apr: CSS Mississippi , CSRC Pickens , Pioneer , Washington , CSS Pamlico 28 Apr: CSS Louisiana , CSS McRae April (unknown date): CSS Jackson , CSS Oregon , CSS Carondelet 10 May: USS Cincinnati , CSS Germantown , USS Mound City , CSS Fulton 11 May: CSS Virginia 15 May: CSS Jamestown May (unknown date): CSS United States 6 Jun: CSS Colonel Lovell , CSS General Beauregard , CSS General Bragg , CSS General M. Jeff Thompson , CSS General Sterling Price , CSS General Sumter , CSS Little Rebel 16 Jun: CSS Maurepas 26 Jun: CSS General Earl Van Dorn , CSS Livingston , CSS General Polk 28 Jun: USS Island Belle 15 Jul: Johanna Wagner , USS Sidney C. Jones 21 Jul: USS Sallie Wood 24 Jul: Lord of the Isles 6 Aug: CSS Arkansas 14-15 Aug: USS Sumter 23 Aug: USS Adirondack 24 Aug: USS Henry Andrew , USS Isaac N. Seymour 10 Sep: USS Tigress 2 Oct: Iona 15 Oct: G. L. Brockenborough 25 Nov: USS Ellis November (unknown date): USS Mingo 12 Dec: USS Cairo 31 Dec: USS Monitor Unknown date: USS Noble Other incidents