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- Notes, citations, and references Notes Citations References
{{Other ships|French ship Danube}}{{Téméraire class default image}}{{Infobox ship career| Hide header= | Ship country=France | France|naval}} {{Shipboxflag|Kingdom of France|naval}} | Ship name=Danube | Ship namesake=Danube river | Ship ordered= | Ship builder=Toulon[1] | Ship laid down=1806 [1] | Ship launched=21 December 1808 [1] | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= | Ship decommissioned=1827 [1] | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship captured= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship fate= | Ship status= | Ship honours= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption=[2] | Téméraire|ship of the line}} | Ship displacement=*2,966 tonnes- 5,260 tonnes fully loaded
| 55.87|m|ft}} (172 pied) | 14.90|m|ftin}} | 7.26|m|ft}} (22 pied) | 2485|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} of sails | Ship armament=*74 guns:- Lower gundeck:
- 28 × 36-pounder long guns
- Upper gundeck:
- 30 × 18-pounder long guns
- Forecastle and Quarter deck:
- 6 × 8-pounder long guns
- 10 × 36-pounder carronades
| Ship armour=Timber
}} | Danube was a {{Sclass-|Téméraire|ship of the line|0}} 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. Career Danube served under Captain Henry in 1810.[1][3]Notes, citations, and referencesNotes1. ^1 2 3 4 Roche, vol.1, p.141
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://dossiersmarine.free.fr/fs_v_V4.html |title=La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques |first=Alain |last=Clouet |work=dossiersmarine.free.fr |year=2007 |accessdate=4 April 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323150546/http://dossiersmarine.free.fr/fs_v_V4.html |archivedate=23 March 2013 |df= }}
3. ^Quintin, p.175
Citations{{Reflist|30em}}References- {{cite book|first1=Danielle|last1=Quintin|first2=Bernard|last2=Quintin|year=2003|title=Dictionnaire des capitaines de Vaisseau de Napoléon|isbn=2-901952-42-9|publisher=S.P.M.|language=French|page=173–175}}
- {{Cite book|first=Jean-Michel |last=Roche |year=2005 |chapter= |title=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 |page=141}}
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