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ALCESTE sailing frigates (1840-1849)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Reine Blanche     Arsenal de Cherbourg 27.6.1830 15.9.1837 9/1840 stricken 6.1859
Alceste     Arsenal de Cherbourg 26.5.1829 28.3.1846 1/1849 convict transport 1868

 

Displacement normal, t

2360

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

52.5 pp

Breadth, m

13.8

Draught, m

6.50

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

Reine Blanche: 28 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No. 2 SBML, 18 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades, 4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML

Alceste: 4 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 24 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 18-20 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades, 4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML

Complement

441

Project history: 2nd rank frigates, 52 guns.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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