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French frigate Néréide (1836)
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Néréide was a 52-gun frigate of the French Navy. She took part in the Battle of Veracruz soon after her commissioning.
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Name | Néréide |
Namesake | Nereid |
Builder | Lorient |
Laid down | 1 August 1828 |
Launched | 17 February 1836 |
Stricken | 1896 |
Fate | Broken up 1896 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Frigate |
Displacement | 2,154 tonnes |
Propulsion | Sail |
Armament | 52 guns |
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As a transport, she took part in the Crimean War.
She was eventually decommissioned in 1887, and broken up in 1896.[1]