NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Caroline (ex-Dryade), 8.1830- Dryade			Arsenal de Rochefort	18.10.1824	12.7.1828	10/1828	stricken 3.1838
Didon			Arsenal de Toulon	3/1825	15.7.1828	8/1828	guard station 1863
Renommée			Arsenal de Rochefort	8.7.1826	28.7.1847	1/1849	screw frigate 2.1858, steam transport 1.1869
Sémiramis			Arsenal de Rochefort	6.7.1829	---	---	built as screw frigate since 1859
Guerrière			Arsenal de Brest	8.6.1848	---	---	built as screw frigate since 1859

Technical data

Data variant	sailing	screw
Displacement normal, t	2497	2650
Displacement full, t
Length, m	54.4 pp	57.8 pp
Breadth, m	14.5	14.5
Draught, m	6.72	7.05
No of shafts		1
Machinery	sails	sails + 1 HSE, boilers
Power, h. p.		787
Max speed, kts		9.2
Fuel, t		coal 200
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	Caroline, Didon: 30 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 26 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades, 4 x 1 - 139/18 18pdr SBML	4 x 1 - 223/11 shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 194/16 50pdr SBML, 26 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 24 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades
Complement	513	498

Project history

30pdr frigates (1st rank from 1824), 60 guns.

Modernizations

(1856-2/1858), Renommée: was converted to screw frigate with data as given in the table.

1859, Renommée: - 4 x 1 - 223/11, 2 x 1 - 194/16, 2 x 1 - 165/17; + 2 x 1 - 163/13 MLR

Naval service

No significant events.