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PERSÉVÉRANTE sailing frigate (1848)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Persévérante     Arsenal de Brest 1.10.1829 28.6.1847 1848 stricken 3.1867

 

Displacement normal, t

2628

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

54.0 wl

Breadth, m

14.5

Draught, m

6.54 mean

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 194/16 50pdr SBML, 28 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 22 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML

Complement

513

Project history: 1st rank frigate, 60 guns. Valentine and Jeanne d'Albert were projected but never begun.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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