History | |
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France | |
Name | Caroline |
Builder | Solidor, Saint-Malo[1] |
Laid down | June 1803[1] |
Launched | January 1804[1] |
Captured | 28 December 1808 |
Fate | Sunk 14 January 1809[2] |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Corvette |
Displacement | 130 tons (French) |
Sail plan | |
Crew |
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Armament | 16 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 36-pounder obusiers de vaisseau |
Caroline was a French privateer commissioned in Saint-Malo in 1804. She served in the Indian Ocean, based at Île de France (now Mauritius). As she was returning to Saint-Malo, a sloop of the British Royal Navy captured her off Cape Finisterre in 1809; she was accidentally sunk shortly thereafter.