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PÉNÉLOPE sailing frigates (1841-1851)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Pénélope     Arsenal de Lorient - Caudan 26.9.1830 25.11.1840 1841 school ship 6.1861
Jeanne d'Arc     Arsenal de Lorient - Caudan 16.7.1835 8.11.1847 5/1851 stricken 12.1864

 

Displacement normal, t

1695

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

48.3 pp

Breadth, m

12.4

Draught, m

5.67 mean

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

Pénélope: 4 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No. 2 SBML, 10 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades, 26 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML

Jeanne d'Arc: 2 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 24 x 1 - 165/14 30pdr No.3 SBML, 14 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades

Complement

327

Project history: 3rd rank frigates, 46 guns. Wooden hull.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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