French corvette Naturaliste
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| Career (France) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Naturaliste |
| Namesake: | Natural science |
| Builder: | Le Havre |
| Laid down: | August 1793 |
| Launched: | 12 September 1795 |
| In service: | February 1796 |
| Fate: | December 1810 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Salamandre class |
| Displacement: | 400 tonnes |
| Length: | 39.0 metres |
| Beam: | 8.8 metres |
| Draught: | 3.7 metres |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Capacity: | 114 |
| Armament: |
10 x 8-pounder guns, 2 x 12-inch mortars; by 1796 the mortars were removed and she carried 22 x 8-pounder guns; for her 1800 commission, the armament was reduced to 10 x 6-pounder guns; the 22 x 8-pounder guns were restored in July 1803. |
| Armour: | Timber |
The Naturaliste was a Salamandre class bomb-corvette of the French Navy.
She was launched in 1795 as La Menaçante. She was renamed to La Naturaliste in June 1800 and under Jacques Hamelin, she took part in the exploration of Australia of Nicolas Baudin.
Following her return in 1802, she saw service in the French Navy for seven more years from 1803, but was decommissioned in 1810 and sold in January 1811.
Sources and references
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.[page needed][self-published source?]
