French frigate Sirène (1823)
 La Sirène at the Battle of Navarino, 20 Oct 1827, drawn by George Philip Reinagle on HMS Mosquito
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| History | |
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| Name | Sirène |
| Builder | Garnier Saint-Maurice and Pestel, Toulon Dockyard |
| Laid down | July 1820 |
| Launched | 25 July 1823 |
| Commissioned | 3 December 1824 |
| Stricken | 20 July 1861 |
| Fate | Broken up 1871 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 2,300 tonne |
| Length | 51.95m |
| Beam | 13.16m |
| Complement | 441 |
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Sirène (or Syrène) was launched in 1823 as a Vestale-class frigate, which owed their design to Pail Filhon. In 1825 she was under the command of capitaine de vaisseau (later contre-amiral) Marie Henri Daniel Gauthier, comte de Rigny (Henri de Rigny), who commanded the French Navy's Levant Division.[2] Sirène was Admiral Henri de Rigny's flagship at the Battle of Navarino, where he commanded the French division.
In 1831 she was involved in the events prior to the Battle of the Tagus, but does not appear to have participated in the battle itself.
She probably served as a 2-gun transport during the Crimean War. She was struck in 1861. She then served as a coal hulk at Brest until she was broken up in 1871.[3]
Citations
[edit]- ^ a b "Sail frigates (2nd class, 58 guns)".
- ^ Fonds Marine, p.599.
- ^ Winfield and Roberts (2015), p. 107.
References
[edit]- "Fonds Marine. Campagnes (opérations ; divisions et stations navales ; missions diverses). Inventaire de la sous-série Marine BB4. Tome premier : BB4 1 à 482 (1790-1826)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 20, 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
- Winfield, Rif & Stephen S Roberts (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786 - 1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. (Seaforth Publishing). ISBN 9781848322042
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