French corvette Créole (1829)
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| File:Creole mg 7193.jpg Scale model of Créole, on display at Paris naval museum | |
| Career (France) |   |
|---|---|
| Name: | Créole |
| Namesake: | Creole peoples |
| Builder: | Cherbourg |
| Laid down: | August 1827 |
| Launched: | 5 May 1829 |
| Commissioned: | 1 January 1830 |
| Struck: | 29 December 1845 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 751 tonnes |
| Length: | 39 metres |
| Beam: | 9,70 metres |
| Complement: | 150 men |
| Armament: |
20 30-pounder carronades |
| Armour: | Timber |
The Créole was a 24-gun corvette of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.
She took part in the Pastry War under lieutenant commander de Joinville, and most notably in the Bombardment of San Juan de Ulloa.
Model
A finely crafted shipyard model is on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris. It was originally stored in the office of the prince de Joinville.
- La Créole img 0356.jpg
- La Créole img 0354.jpg
- Creole mg 7187.jpg
Sources and references
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]]- Sail corvettes (24 guns)
- 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?]
