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French brig Cygne (1806)
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Cygne was an Abeille-class 16-gun brig of the French Navy, launched in 1806.
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![]() 1⁄36 scale model of Cygne, on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris | |
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Name | Cygne |
Namesake | Swan |
Ordered | 21 January 1806 [1] |
Builder | Le Havre Dockyard [1] |
Laid down | 28 April 1806 |
Launched | 12 September 1806 |
Fate | Wrecked on 13 December 1808 [1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Abeille-class brig[1] |
Displacement | 350 ton (French)[1] |
Length | 32 m (105 ft 0 in)[1] |
Beam | 8.7 m (28 ft 7 in)[1] |
Draught | 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)[1] |
Complement | 84[1] |
Armament |
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Armour | Timber |
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