French frigate Néréide (1836)
For other ships of the same name, see French ship Néréide.
 Plans of Néréide | |
| History | |
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 France
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| Name: | Néréide |
| Namesake: | Nereid |
| Builder: | Lorient |
| Laid down: | 1 August 1828 |
| Launched: | 17 February 1836 |
| Struck: | 1896 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2154 tonnes |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Armament: | 52 guns. |
| Armour: | Timber |
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.
Footnotes
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- Citations
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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