French ship Illustre (1811)

	Zr.Ms. Prins van Oranje, ex Illustre in 1817, by Nicolas Cammillieri of Malta
History
France
Name	Illustre
Namesake	Illustrious
Ordered	July 1807
Builder	Anvers, Belgium
Launched	June 1811
Stricken	1814
Fate	Sold for breaking up 1825
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	80 guns; 30 × 36-pounders; 32 × 24-pounders; 18 × 12-pounders; 6 × 36-pounder howitzers;

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

Career[edit]

Illustre was given to Holland with the Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1814. ^[1] Renamed Zr.Ms. Prins van Oranje.^[2]^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Roche (2005), p. 250.
^ Harrison, Cy. "Illustre". threedecks.org. Retrieved 24 July 2023. French Second Rate ship of the line 'L'Illustre' (1811)
^ Harrison, Cy. "Illustre". threedecks.org. Retrieved 24 July 2023. Dutch Third Rate ship 'Prins van Oranje' (1814)

Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. pp. 372–373. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.