French frigate Clorinde (1845)

Clorinde after her transformation into a sail and steam frigate
History
France
Name:	Clorinde
Namesake:	Clorinda
Ordered:	1841[1]
Builder:	Cherbourg[1]
Laid down:	5 June 1843[1]
Launched:	19 August 1845[1]
General characteristics
Displacement:	1800 tons[1]
Propulsion:	Sail Later steam engine with retractable propeller
Complement:	388 men[1]
Armament:	46 guns[1]
Armour:	Timber

The Clorinde was a frigate of the French Navy.

Career

Built between 1843 and 1845, Clorinde was launched as a traditional frigate, bearing between 40 and 46 guns. In 1856, she was transformed in Cherbourg with the addition of an 804-shp steam engine and a retractable propeller, to be launched as a steam frigate on 23 May 1857. In 1868, she was sent to Cadiz to watch over French interests in the turmoil of the Glorious Revolution.[1]

Decommissioned in 1875, she was reactivated in 1886 and appointed to the Terre-Neuve division. The next year, she cruised off Island with Châteaurenault.[1]

Very much outdated, Clorinde was struck from the Navy lists in 1888, hulked, and used as barracks in Lorient until 1911.[1]

Notes

Citations

1. Roche, vol.1, p.118

References

• Jones, Colin (1996). "Entente Cordiale, 1865". In McLean, David & Preston, Antony (eds.). Warship 1996. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-685-X.
• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 118. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.