French frigate Sémillante (1841)
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Sémillante.
The Sémillante was a Surveillante class 60-gun first rank frigate of the French Navy. She sank off the coast of Corsica in 1855 with a loss of 693 people.
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Fragments of Sémillante, on display at Port-Louis naval museum | |
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France | |
Name | Sémillante |
Namesake | "Sparkling"or "frisky" |
Builder | Lorient |
Laid down | 13 March 1827 |
Launched | 6 February 1841 |
Stricken | 15 February 1855 |
Fate | Wrecked 16 February 1855 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Surveillante-class frigate |
Displacement | 2500 tonnes |
Length | 54 metres (177 ft) |
Beam | 14.10 metres (46.3 ft) |
Draught | 3.80 metres (12.5 ft) |
Propulsion | sail |
Complement | 301 |
Armament |
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Armour | Timber |
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