French corvette Créole (1829)
For other ships of the same name, see French ship Créole.
 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 m (128 ft) |
| Beam: | 9.70 m (31.8 ft) |
| Complement: | 150 men |
| Armament: | 20 30-pounder carronades 4 18-pounder long guns |
| 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.
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Bombardment of San Juan de Ulúa off Vera Cruz. From left to right, the corvette Créole, and the frigates Gloire, Néréide and Iphigénie.
Sources and references
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to La Créole (ship, 1829). |
- 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.