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French frigate Néréide (1836)

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Plans of Néréide
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameNéréide
NamesakeNereid
BuilderLorient
Laid down1 August 1828
Launched17 February 1836
Stricken1896
General characteristics
Displacement2154 tonnes
PropulsionSail
Armament52 guns.
ArmourTimber

The Néréide was a 52-gun frigate of the French Navy. She took part in the Battle of Veracruz soon after her commissioning.

As a transport, she took part in the Crimean War.

She was eventually decommissioned in 1887, and struck in 1896.

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References

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 326. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

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