French frigate Néréide (1836)

Néréide was a 52-gun frigate of the French Navy. She took part in the Battle of Veracruz soon after her commissioning.

Plans of Néréide
History
France
Name: Néréide
Namesake: Nereid
Builder: Lorient
Laid down: 1 August 1828
Launched: 17 February 1836
Stricken: 1896
General characteristics
Type: Frigate
Displacement: 2,154 tonnes
Propulsion: Sail
Armament: 52 guns

As a transport, she took part in the Crimean War.

She was eventually decommissioned in 1887, and struck in 1896.

See also

  • List of French sail frigates

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    Citations

      References

      • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 – 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 326. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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