French frigate Audacieuse (1856)

	Audacieuse, drawn by Roux
History
France
Name	Audacieuse
Namesake	"Audacious"
Builder	Brest
Laid down	1854
Launched	22 January 1856
Decommissioned	September 1864
Out of service	11 April 1879
Reinstated	December 1864
Fate	Deleted in 1872
General characteristics
Class and type	Ardente-class frigate
Displacement	1,960 tonnes
Length	74 m (242 ft 9 in)
Beam	14.7 m (48 ft 3 in)
Draught	3.9 m (12 ft 10 in)
Installed power	2,650 ihp (1,980 kW)
Propulsion	Steam engine, one propeller
Speed	8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph)
Complement	530 men
Armament	5 × 30-pounder long guns ; 6 × 30-pounder howitzers;

Audacieuse was an Ardente-class frigate of the French Navy.

Career

Audacieuse served between France and the Far East, notable ferrying ambassador Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros to China in 1857 and bringing guns from the Taku Forts to France.^[1]

Legacy

The Musée national de la Marine in Paris has a model of Audacieuse on display.^[2]

Model on display in Paris

Model on display in Paris

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r Roche, p. 56
^ "Maquette de bateau, Audacieuse, frégate mixte, 1856 / 23 MG 10 | Musée national de la Marine". mnm.webmuseo.com (in French). Retrieved 2019-11-05.

References

Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). "AUDACIEUSE - Frégate à hélice prévue en mixte type Ardente (1856 - 1870)". Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671-1870. Toulon: Roche. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

[Roche-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r Roche, p. 56

[2] "Maquette de bateau, Audacieuse, frégate mixte, 1856 / 23 MG 10 | Musée national de la Marine". mnm.webmuseo.com (in French). Retrieved 2019-11-05.

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