[Manuscrit] [Marine] [Révolution] [Empire] Notions diverses - Lot 160

[Manuscrit] [Marine] [Révolution] [Empire] Notions diverses sur la Marine, etc. etc. Circa 1800-1815. Manuscript drawn up by a master shipbuilder. One volume in-4, contemporary half vellum. 110 handwritten ff., followed by a hundred blank pages. Very good condition. This collection of copies of quotations includes: - Devis de Charpentage du Vaisseau 80 canons le Bucentor, construit à Toulon l'an 11 et 12. - Main dimensions of the Frégatte Le Rhin. - 40-gun frigate - sail names - Main dimensions of the 126-gun vessels Austerlitz and Wagram, built in the port of Toulon, the former during 1807 to 1808, the latter during 1809 and 1810. - Specifications for the 80-gun Vaisseau le Joachim built at Castellammare in 1811 and 1812. - Specifications for the layout of the 30-gun frigate l'Egyptienne. - Plan of the 74-gun vessels Le Patriote, La Ferme and Leopard, begun on February 16, 1785. - L'Indomptable and l'Indivisible. - Copy of a notebook by Castallammare's master blacksmith for a 120-gun vessel. - Works for galleys. - Proportion des fers pour la construction d'une frégatte portant de 18 à la batterie et 12 sur les gaillardes - La Vestal, 1785. - Object nomenclature - 80-gun ship - Parts list - 74-gun ship - Bill of materials - 18-gun frigate - Statement of expenditure for the armament of a 40-gun frigate. Etc. Very technical estimates, drawn up by a builder of vessels of all kinds, with the name, number and size of parts, their weight, etc. Very legible writing, for a document in very good condition. The Bucentaure was a French warship in service from 1803 to 1805. She was a two-deck, 80-gun vessel of the Bucentaure class, whose chief engineer was Jacques-Noël Sané, nicknamed the "Vauban of the navy". She was famous for being the French flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar (October 21, 1805). She was commanded by Captain Magendie. During the battle, Admiral Nelson, leading the British fleet on the 104-gun HMS Victory, broke through the Franco-Spanish line between the Bucentaure and the Redoutable, unleashing a 50-gun broadside that ravaged the stern and deck of the French flagship, leaving the Bucentaure virtually out of action... Le Rhin was a 46-gun frigate (1802-1806). Armed at Toulon on October 9, 1802, she took part, under the command of C.V. Infernet, from October 21, 1802 to July 28, 1804, in the battle of Cap St-Vincent on July 22, 1805. Under the command of C.F. Chosneau, from July 29, 1805 to July 28, 1806, the Rhin was present at the Battle of Trafalgar... The Austerlitz is a 118-gun ship-of-the-line of the Commerce de Marseille class in service with the French Navy at the end of the First Empire. The Austerlitz was designed by engineer Jacques-Noël Sané. Ordered shortly after the Battle of Trafalgar, construction of the Austerlitz began in Toulon in April 1806. She was launched in August 1808 and fitted out in May 1809. She was decommissioned in 1814. Le Patriote, a Marseille merchant ship owned by Rabaud et compagnie and commanded by citoyen François Garcin, was in Marseille when the Commission responsible for outfitting the Mediterranean coast decided to charter it to take part in the Egyptian expedition. The ship was wrecked when it tried to enter the port of Alexandria, without knowing the passes... An exceptional document.