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MARIE THÉRÈSE sailing frigates (1823-1824)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Marie Thérèse (ex-Cérès), 8.1830- Calypso     Arsenal de Toulon 6/1820 17.5.1823 7/1823 hulk 3.1856
Sirène     Arsenal de Toulon 7/1820 25.7.1823 12/1824 stricken 7.1861

 

Displacement normal, t

2130

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

52.0 wl

Breadth, m

13.2

Draught, m

6.43

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

30 x 1 - 153/18 24pdr SBML, 24 x 1 - 151/8 24pdr SBML carronades, 2 x 1 - 139/18 18pdr SBML

Complement

441

Project history: 24pdr frigates (2nd rank from 1824), 58 guns.

Modernizations: 1820s, both: + 2 x 1 - 151/8 24pdr carronades

1834, Sirène: - 2 x 1 - 153/18, 4 x 1 - 151/8

1840, Calypso: - 6 x 1 - 151/8

Naval service: No significant events.

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