French frigate Clorinde (1808)

Clorinde fighting HMS Eurotas
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameClorinde
NamesakeClorinda
Laid down19 July 1806
Launched1808
Captured26 February 1814
United Kingdom
NameHMS Aurora
Acquired26 February 1814
FateBroken up on 24 April 1851
General characteristics
Class and typePallas-class frigate
Displacement1,080 tonnes
Length46.93 m (154 ft 0 in)
Beam11.91 m (39 ft 1 in)
Draught5.9 m (19 ft 4 in)
Propulsion1,950 m2 (21,000 sq ft) of sail
Complement326
Armament

Clorinde was a 40-gun Pallas-class frigate of the French Navy, designed by Sané. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1814 and renamed her HMS Aurora. After serving 19 years as a coal hulk she was eventually broken up in 1851.


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