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FAVORITE sailing corvettes (1829-1833)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Favorite     Arsenal de Toulon 11/1827 11.6.1829 8/1829 stricken 9.1844
Brilliante     Arsenal de Toulon 7/1828 20.8.1830 1831 school ship 4.1857
Danaïde (ex-Île de Bourbon)     Arsenal de Toulon 9/1830 13.6.1832 1833 stricken 4.1857

 

Displacement normal, t

757

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

39.0 pp

Breadth, m

9.92

Draught, m

4.76

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

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

others: 4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML, 20 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades

Complement

166

Project history: 24-gun flush-deck corvettes.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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