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CRÉOLE sailing corvettes (1830-1836)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Créole     Arsenal de Cherbourg 1.8.1827 5.5.1829 1/1830 stricken 12.1845
Triomphante (ex-Guadeloupe)     Arsenal de Cherbourg 14.6.1830 4.9.1834 4/1836 stricken 5.1861

 

Displacement normal, t

751

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

38.2 pp

Breadth, m

9.92

Draught, m

4.53

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

Créole: 20 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades, 4 x 1 - 139/18 18pdr SBML

Triomphante: 16 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 139/18 18pdr SBML

Complement

166

Project history: 24-gun flush-deck corvettes.

Modernizations: 1838: both were armed with: 4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML, 20 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades

Naval service: No significant events.

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