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Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Bellone     Arsenal de Cherbourg 26.8.1845 26.3.1853 --- built as screw frigate since 1857
Amazone     Arsenal de Brest 21/1845 --- --- built as steam transport since 1858


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

2260

Displacement full, t 
Length, m

52.0 wl

Breadth, m

14.1

Draught, m

6.30 mean

No of shafts 
Machinery

sails

Power, h. p. 
Max speed, kts 
Fuel, t 
Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

28 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 18 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades, 4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML

Complement

441



Project history

2nd rank frigates, 50 guns.