French fluyt Seine (1845)
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Seine.
French fluyt Seine was a fluyt of the French Navy. Sent to the Pacific in a time of colonial rivalry with the United Kingdom to both consolidate French positions and diplomatically ease tensions with the British, she ran aground off Balade and was wrecked. The remains of the ship have become a subject of interest for maritime archeology, notably yielding a rare example of a desalination device of the 1840s.
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Name | Seine |
Namesake | Seine |
Builder | Rochefort [1] |
Laid down | 26 May 1842 [1] |
Launched | 22 February 1845 [1] |
Commissioned | September 1845 [1] |
Fate | Wrecked off Port-de-France (now Nouméa) [1] |
General characteristics | |
Type | Fluyt |
Tons burthen | 800 tonnes |
Length | Circa 43.40 metres [2][3] |
Beam | 10.40 metres [2][3] |
Draught | 4.33 to 5.64 metres [2][3] |
Propulsion | Sail |
Crew | 154 [2] 232 with troops [4][5] |
Armament | 22 30-pounders (16cm howitzers), 4 8-pounders [1][3] |
Armour | Timber |
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