French frigate Némésis (1847)
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| File:French ships at Danang 1858.jpg French frigate Némésis at the Siege of Đà Nẵng, Vietnam in 1858. | |
| Career (France) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Némésis |
| Operator: | French Navy |
| Builder: | Brest Arsenal |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Artémise-class frigate[1] |
| Tons burthen: | 2344 bm |
| Length: | 52.5m (lower deck) |
| Beam: | 13.4m |
| Draught: | 6.1m |
| Depth of hold: | 7.05m |
| 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
- ↑ Details after Boudriot, Jean, "Vaisseaux et frégates sous la Restauration et la Monarchie de Juillet" in Marine et technique au XIXe siècle.
- ↑ Navies in Modern World History - Page 74 by Lawrence Sondhaus [1]
- ↑ China and Her Neighbours; France in Indo-China, Russia and China, India... By R S Gundry Page 6 [2]
See also
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