 French frigate Némésis at the
Siege of Đà Nẵng,
Vietnam in 1858.
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| History | |
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| Name | Némésis |
| Operator | French Navy |
| Builder | Brest Arsenal |
| Launched | 14 April 1847 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1889 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Artémise-class frigate [1] |
| Tons burthen | 2344 bm |
| Length | 52.5 m (172 ft) (lower deck) |
| Beam | 13.4 m (44 ft) |
| Draught | 6.1 m (20 ft) |
| Depth of hold | 7.05 m (23.1 ft) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Sail plan | Three-masted ship |
| Complement | 441 |
| Armament | Nominally 50 guns. |
The French frigate Némésis was an Artémise class screw-powered 50-gun second rate frigate of the French Navy in the 19th century. She was launched in 1847 at Brest, and participated in campaigns in Asia.
In 1857–1858, she was the flagship of Admiral Charles Rigault de Genouilly during the Second Opium War, [2] and in Vietnam at the Siege of Đà Nẵng. [3] In 1857, she ran aground in the Bangka Strait. [4]
She was used for harbour service at Lorient in 1866, and was scrapped in 1889.
See also
Citations
- ^ Details after Boudriot, Jean, "Vaisseaux et frégates sous la Restauration et la Monarchie de Juillet" in Marine et technique au XIXe siècle.
- ^ Navies in Modern World History - Page 74 by Lawrence Sondhaus
- ^ China and Her Neighbours; France in Indo-China, Russia and China, India... By R S Gundry Page 6 [1]
- ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 10380. London. 21 November 1857.
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French frigate Némésis at the
Siege of Đà Nẵng,
Vietnam in 1858.
| |
| History | |
|---|---|
|
France | |
| Name | Némésis |
| Operator | French Navy |
| Builder | Brest Arsenal |
| Launched | 14 April 1847 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1889 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Artémise-class frigate [1] |
| Tons burthen | 2344 bm |
| Length | 52.5 m (172 ft) (lower deck) |
| Beam | 13.4 m (44 ft) |
| Draught | 6.1 m (20 ft) |
| Depth of hold | 7.05 m (23.1 ft) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Sail plan | Three-masted ship |
| Complement | 441 |
| Armament | Nominally 50 guns. |
The French frigate Némésis was an Artémise class screw-powered 50-gun second rate frigate of the French Navy in the 19th century. She was launched in 1847 at Brest, and participated in campaigns in Asia.
In 1857–1858, she was the flagship of Admiral Charles Rigault de Genouilly during the Second Opium War, [2] and in Vietnam at the Siege of Đà Nẵng. [3] In 1857, she ran aground in the Bangka Strait. [4]
She was used for harbour service at Lorient in 1866, and was scrapped in 1889.
See also
Citations
- ^ Details after Boudriot, Jean, "Vaisseaux et frégates sous la Restauration et la Monarchie de Juillet" in Marine et technique au XIXe siècle.
- ^ Navies in Modern World History - Page 74 by Lawrence Sondhaus
- ^ China and Her Neighbours; France in Indo-China, Russia and China, India... By R S Gundry Page 6 [1]
- ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 10380. London. 21 November 1857.
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|---|---|
| Other incidents |
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| This article about a specific military ship or boat of France is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |