The French ship Romulus was a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line, constructed for the French Navy during the early 19th century. Designed by Jacques-Noël Sané, she measured 55.87 meters (183 feet 4 inches) in length, with a beam of 14.46 meters (47 feet 5 inches) and a depth of hold of 7.15 meters (23 feet 5 inches). Displacing approximately 3,069 tonneaux and with a tonnage of 1,537 port tonneaux, Romulus was a formidable warship of her time. Her crew comprised about 705 officers and ratings during wartime, and she was rigged with three masts, making her a fully ship-rigged vessel suitable for the line of battle. Her armament consisted of muzzle-loading, smoothbore guns, typical of the Téméraire class. The main battery included twenty-eight 36-pounder long guns on the lower gun deck and thirty 18-pounder long guns on the upper deck. The armament on the quarterdeck and forecastle varied among ships of the class, with a mixture of 8-pounder long guns and 36-pounder carronades, and the older 36-pounder obusiers were eventually removed. Romulus was ordered on June 4, 1810, and was launched at the Arsenal de Toulon on May 31, 1812. She was completed by September of that year and commissioned on September 26. During her service, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars. Notably, in February 1814, under Captain Rolland, Romulus departed Toulon to Genoa as part of a division led by Julien Cosmao. During this voyage, she engaged with three British ships of the line, including HMS Boyne and HMS Caledonia, on February 13. Romulus managed to avoid capture by sailing close to the coast back to Toulon. By 1821, Romulus had been razéed into a frigate and renamed Guerrière, marking the end of her career as a ship of the line. Her history reflects the transitional period of naval warfare during the Napoleonic era and highlights her modest but noteworthy service record.

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