French corvette Créole (1829)
For other ships of the same name, see French ship Créole.
 1/40th scale model of Créole, on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris | |
| History | |
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  France
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| Name: | Créole |
| Namesake: | Creole peoples |
| Builder: | Cherbourg |
| Laid down: | August 1827 |
| Launched: | 5 May 1829 |
| Commissioned: | 1 January 1830 |
| Struck: | 29 December 1845 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 751 tonnes |
| Length: | 39 m (128 ft) |
| Beam: | 9.70 m (31.8 ft) |
| Complement: | 150 men |
| Armament: |
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| Armour: | Timber |
The Créole was a 24-gun Favorite-class corvette of the French Navy.
Career
She took part in the Pastry War under lieutenant commander de Joinville, and most notably in the Bombardment of San Juan de Ulloa.
Model
A finely crafted shipyard model is on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris. It was originally stored in the office of the prince de Joinville.
Sources and references
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- Sail corvettes (24 guns)
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 135. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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