HMS Athenienne 1806
Marker: recorded wreck position (Age of Sail).
Key facts
| Name | HMS Athenienne | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1806 | English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed) |
| Era | Age of Sail | derived from year |
| Ship type | third-rate | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Nationality / flag | Malta, United Kingdom | Wikidata P137 operator → P17 country |
| Operator | Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta, Royal Navy, French Navy | Wikidata P137 operator |
| Sea / ocean | Mediterranean Sea | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | Tunisia | Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 83 km from land |
| Position | 37.7833, 10.7667 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
HMS Athenienne was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was originally the Maltese Navy ship San Giovanni, which the French captured on the stocks in 1798 and launched and commissioned as the French Navy ship Athénien. British forces captured her at Valletta on 4 September 1800 during the siege of Malta and took her into service as Athenienne. She was wrecked near Sicily with great loss of life in 1806.
Location
- Recorded position: 37.7833, 10.7667 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: Mediterranean Sea
- Nearest coast: Tunisia
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article HMS Athenienne (1800) (revision 1334684774), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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