NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Reine Blanche			Arsenal de Cherbourg	27.6.1830	15.9.1837	9/1840	stricken 6.1859
Alceste			Arsenal de Cherbourg	26.5.1829	28.3.1846	1/1849	convict transport 1868

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	2360
Displacement full, t
Length, m	52.5 pp
Breadth, m	13.8
Draught, m	6.50
No of shafts
Machinery	sails
Power, h. p.
Max speed, kts
Fuel, t
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	Reine Blanche: 28 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No. 2 SBML, 18 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades, 4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML Alceste: 4 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 24 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 18-20 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades, 4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML
Complement	441

Project history

2nd rank frigates, 52 guns.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.