French frigate Descartes
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Descartes was a wooden-hulled paddle frigate of the French Navy. Laid down as Gomer, she was renamed Descartes in 1841 while still on the stocks.
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Descartes |
Namesake | René Descartes |
Laid down | 11 February 1840 |
Launched | 5 March 1844 |
Christened | Gomer |
Decommissioned | 15 August 1867 |
Renamed | Descartes in 1841 |
Fate | Broken up in 1867. |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 1,800 tonnes |
Length | 70.46 m (231 ft 2 in) |
Beam | 13.40 m (44 ft 0 in) |
Draught | 6.60 m (21 ft 8 in) |
Propulsion |
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Armament | 20 guns |
Armour | Timber |
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