Dryade-class frigate
 Portrait of Didon by François Roux | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Dryade |
| Builders: | Toulon, Rochefort, Brest |
| Operators: |
 French Navy |
| Preceded by: | Surveillante class |
| Succeeded by: |
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| Completed: | 9 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Dryade class frigate |
| Displacement: | 2500 tonnes |
| Length: | 77 metres (253 ft) |
| Beam: | 14.50 metres (47.6 ft) |
| Propulsion: | sail |
| Troops: | 291 if fitted as a troop ship |
| Complement: | 500 (212 if fitted as a troop ship) |
| Armament: |
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| Armour: | Timber |
The Dryade Class was a type of 60-gun frigate of the French Navy, designed in 1823 by Paul-Marie Leroux.
- Dryade
- Builder: Rochefort
- Begun:
- Launched: 12 July 1827
- Completed:
- Fate: deleted 9 May 1838.
- Builder: Toulon
- Begun:
- Launched: 15 July 1828 at
- Completed:
- Fate: deleted 28 March 1867.
- Renommée
- Builder: Rochefort
- Begun:
- Launched: 28 July 1847
- Completed:
- Fate: fitted as steam-assisted frigate 1858 – deleted 15 November 1878.
- Guerrière
- Builder: Brest
- Begun:
- Launched: 3 May 1860
- Completed:
- Fate: deleted 28 May 1888.
- Sémiramis
- Builder: Rochefort
- Begun:
- Launched: 8 August 1861
- Completed:
- Fate: deleted 3 May 1877.
Sources and references
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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