French frigate Audacieuse (1856)
Audacieuse, drawn by Roux | |
History | |
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France | |
Name: | Audacieuse |
Namesake: | "Audacious" |
Builder: | Brest |
Laid down: | 1854 |
Launched: | 22 January 1856 |
Decommissioned: | September 1864 |
Out of service: | 11 April 1879 |
Reinstated: | December 1864 |
Fate: | Deleted in 1872 |
General characteristics | |
Class & type: | Ardente-class frigate |
Displacement: | 1,960 tonnes |
Length: | 74 m (242 ft 9 in) |
Beam: | 14.7 m (48 ft 3 in) |
Draught: | 3.9 m (12 ft 10 in) |
Installed power: | 2,650 ihp (1,980 kW) |
Propulsion: | Steam engine, one propeller |
Speed: | 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) |
Complement: | 530 men |
Armament: |
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Audacieuse was an Ardente-class frigate of the French Navy.
She served between France and the Far East, notable ferrying ambassador Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros to China in 1857 and bringing guns from the Taku Forts to France.
References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). "AUDACIEUSE - Frégate à hélice prévue en mixte type Ardente (1856 - 1870)". Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671-1870. Toulon: Roche. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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