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French frigate Némésis at the Siege of Đà Nẵng, Vietnam in 1858.

History

Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svgFrance
Name:
Némésis
Operator:
French Navy
Builder:
Brest Arsenal
General characteristics
Class and type:
Artémise-class frigate[1]
Tons burthen:
2344 bm
Length:
52.5 m (172 ft) (lower deck)
Beam:
13.4 m (44 ft)
Draught:
6.1 m (20 ft)
Depth of hold:
7.05 m (23.1 ft)
Propulsion:
Sail
Sail plan:
Three-masted ship
Complement:
441
Armament:
Nominally 50 guns.

The French frigate Némésis was an Artémise class screw-powered 50-gun second rate frigate of the French Navy in the 19th century. She was launched in 1847 at Brest, and participated in campaigns in Asia.


In 1857-1858, she was the flagship of Admiral Rigault de Genouilly during the Second Opium War,[2] and in Vietnam at the Siege of Đà Nẵng.[3]


She was used for harbour service at Lorient in 1866, and was scrapped in 1889.



Notes




  1. ^ Details after Boudriot, Jean, "Vaisseaux et frégates sous la Restauration et la Monarchie de Juillet" in Marine et technique au XIXe siècle.


  2. ^ Navies in Modern World History - Page 74
    by Lawrence Sondhaus [1]



  3. ^ China and Her Neighbours; France in Indo-China, Russia and China, India... By R S Gundry Page 6 [2]




See also


  • List of French sail frigates






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