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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Céres.
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameCérès
Namesake Ceres
Builder Le Havre
Laid downMay 1794
LaunchedMay 1795
In serviceOctober 1795
FateWrecked 17 February 1798
General characteristics [1] [2]
Type Corvette
Displacement642-719 tons (French)
Tons burthenc.564 ( bm) [Note 1]
Length35.9 metres
Beam9.7 metres
Draught5.2 metres
PropulsionSail
Complement122–198 [2]
Armament18 × 18-pounder long guns (1798) [2]
ArmourTimber

Cérès was an 18-gun Etna-class corvette of the French Navy, launched in 1795. Begun in 1794 as Courageuse, the corvette was renamed Cérès in May 1795 and launched the same month. In 1797, she was again renamed, as Enfant de la Patrie. She was wrecked on the shores of Norway on 17 February 1798. [1]

Notes

  1. ^ This is based on the descriptions of the three members of the class that the Royal Navy captured, as described in Winfield. [3]

Citations

  1. ^ a b Roche (2005), p.104.
  2. ^ a b c Winfield and Roberts (2015 forthcoming), Chap. 6.
  3. ^ Winfield (2008), pp. 232 & 272.

References

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN  978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC  165892922. (1671-1870)
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793—1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN  978-1861762467.
  • Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S (2015). French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786—1862: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN  9781848322042.
Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=French_corvette_Cérès_(1795)&oldid=1223437081"
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see French ship Céres.
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameCérès
Namesake Ceres
Builder Le Havre
Laid downMay 1794
LaunchedMay 1795
In serviceOctober 1795
FateWrecked 17 February 1798
General characteristics [1] [2]
Type Corvette
Displacement642-719 tons (French)
Tons burthenc.564 ( bm) [Note 1]
Length35.9 metres
Beam9.7 metres
Draught5.2 metres
PropulsionSail
Complement122–198 [2]
Armament18 × 18-pounder long guns (1798) [2]
ArmourTimber

Cérès was an 18-gun Etna-class corvette of the French Navy, launched in 1795. Begun in 1794 as Courageuse, the corvette was renamed Cérès in May 1795 and launched the same month. In 1797, she was again renamed, as Enfant de la Patrie. She was wrecked on the shores of Norway on 17 February 1798. [1]

Notes

  1. ^ This is based on the descriptions of the three members of the class that the Royal Navy captured, as described in Winfield. [3]

Citations

  1. ^ a b Roche (2005), p.104.
  2. ^ a b c Winfield and Roberts (2015 forthcoming), Chap. 6.
  3. ^ Winfield (2008), pp. 232 & 272.

References

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN  978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC  165892922. (1671-1870)
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793—1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN  978-1861762467.
  • Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S (2015). French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786—1862: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN  9781848322042.
Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=French_corvette_Cérès_(1795)&oldid=1223437081"

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