French ship Sceptre (1810)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Sceptre.

300px The Robuste, sister-ship of the Sceptre
History
France
Name:	Sceptre
Ordered:	26 December 1808
Builder:	Toulon
Laid down:	1809
Launched:	15 August 1810
Struck:	1828
Fate:	Burnt 1830 in Toulon.
General characteristics
Class & 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:	80 guns 30 × 36-pounders 32 × 24-pounders 18 × 12-pounders 6 × 36-pounder howitzers

The Sceptre was an 80-gun Bucentaure-class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané.

References

• Jean-Michel Roche, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, tome I