French frigate Sirène (1823)
Sirène (or Syrène) was launched in 1823 as a Vestale-class frigate, which owed their design to Pail Filhon. In 1825 she was under the command of capitaine de vaisseau (later contre-amiral) Marie Henri Daniel Gauthier, comte de Rigny (Henri de Rigny), who commanded the French Navy's Levant Division.[2] Sirène was Admiral Henri de Rigny's flagship at the Battle of Navarino, where he commanded the French division.
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| Name: | Sirène |
| Builder: | Garnier Saint-Maurice and Pestel, Toulon Dockyard |
| Laid down: | July 1820 |
| Launched: | 25 July 1823 |
| Commissioned: | 3 December 1824 |
| Stricken: | 20 July 1861 |
| Fate: | Broken up 1871 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,300 tonne |
| Length: | 51.95m |
| Beam: | 13.16m |
| Complement: | 441 |
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In 1831 she was involved in the events prior to the Battle of the Tagus, but does not appear to have participated in the battle itself.
She probably served as a 2-gun transport during the Crimean War. She was struck in 1861. She then served as a coal hulk at Brest until she was broken up in 1871.[3]
Citations and references
- Citations
- http://www.shipscribe.com/marvap/212a.html
- Fonds Marine, p.599.
- Winfield and Roberts (2015), p. 107.
- References
- "Fonds Marine. Campagnes (opérations ; divisions et stations navales ; missions diverses). Inventaire de la sous-série Marine BB4. Tome premier : BB4 1 à 482 (1790-1826)" (PDF). Retrieved 6 May 2013.
- Winfield, Rif & Stephen S Roberts (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786 - 1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. (Seaforth Publishing). ISBN 9781848322042
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