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French ship Cassard (1846)
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Cassard was a steam corvette of the French Navy. Built as an aviso, she served as the imperial yacht Reine Hortense from 1853.
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Name | Cassard |
Namesake | Jacques Cassard |
Builder | Le Havre |
Laid down | September 1844 [1] |
Launched | 20 December 1846[1] |
Out of service | 8 April 1882[1] |
Fate | Broken up 1920 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 1100 tonnes[1] |
Length | 62 metres[1] |
Beam | 10.8 metres[1] |
Draught | 5.7 metres[1] |
Propulsion | 1280 HP steam engine[1] |
Armour | Iron |
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