Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Caroline (ex-Dryade), 8.1830- Dryade | Arsenal de Rochefort | 18.10.1824 | 12.7.1828 | 10/1828 | stricken 3.1838 | ||
Didon | Arsenal de Toulon | 3/1825 | 15.7.1828 | 8/1828 | guard station 1863 | ||
Renommée | Arsenal de Rochefort | 8.7.1826 | 28.7.1847 | 1/1849 | screw frigate 2.1858, steam transport 1.1869 | ||
Sémiramis | Arsenal de Rochefort | 6.7.1829 | --- | --- | built as screw frigate since 1859 | ||
Guerrière | Arsenal de Brest | 8.6.1848 | --- | --- | built as screw frigate since 1859 |
Data variant | sailing |
Displacement normal, t |
2497 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
54.4 pp |
Breadth, m |
14.5 |
Draught, m |
6.72 |
No of shafts |
|
Machinery |
sails |
Power, h. p. |
|
Max speed, kts |
|
Fuel, t |
|
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
Caroline, Didon: 30 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 26 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades, 4 x 1 - 139/18 18pdr SBML |
Complement |
513 |
Project history: 30pdr frigates (1st rank from 1824), 60 guns.
Modernizations: (1856-2/1858), Renommée: was converted to screw frigate with data as given in the table.
Data variant | screw |
Displacement normal, t |
2650 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
57.8 pp |
Breadth, m |
14.5 |
Draught, m |
7.05 |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
sails + 1 HSE, boilers |
Power, h. p. |
787 |
Max speed, kts |
9.2 |
Fuel, t |
coal 200 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
4 x 1 - 223/11 shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 194/16 50pdr SBML, 26 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 24 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades |
Complement |
498 |
1859, Renommée: - 4 x 1 - 223/11, 2 x 1 - 194/16, 2 x 1 - 165/17; + 2 x 1 - 163/13 MLR
Naval service: No significant events.
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