French ship Duquesne (1813)
Introduction '''''Duquesne''''' was an 80-gun  80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané.Built on brand new docks as ''Zélandais'', she was renamed ''Duquesne'' following the Bourbon Restoration, on 27 April 1814, while she was still being commissioned. On 23 March 1815, during the Hundred Days, she was renamed ''Zélandais'', and then ''Duquesne'' again on 15 July when Louis XVIII returned on the throne.She took part in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830 under Captain Bazoche. After the July Revolution, she was again renamed ''Zélandais''.On 24 January 1834, she ferried survivors of the wreck of  to Toulon. She was again used as a troopship, was used as a hulk in 1832 in Brest, and was eventually struck in 1836.The figurehead of ''Duquesne'' is on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris. An oil painting in Brest naval museum shows ''Duquesne'' as a hulk during the fire of the harbour.Image:Duquesne mp3h9378.jpg|Figurehead of ''Duquesne'', on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.File:Incendie de la salle d'armes à Brest-Anonymous circa 1832 mg 8012.jpg|''Incendie de la salle d'armes à Brest le 25 janvier 1832''File:Incendie de la salle d'armes à Brest-Anonymous circa 1832 mg 8013.jpg|''Incendie de la salle d'armes à Brest le 25 janvier 1832'' (detail)
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