French frigate Clorinde (1801)

Clorinde
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameClorinde
NamesakeClorinda
BuilderNantes
Laid down24 September 1796
Launched31 October 1800
In service27 June 1801
Captured30 November 1803
United Kingdom
NameClorinde[1]
Acquired30 November 1803
FateBroken up in 1817
General characteristics
Displacement1,350 tons (French)
Tons burthen1161 5494 (bm)
Length
  • 47.3 m (155 ft), or
  • 158 ft 6 in (48.3 m) (overall)
  • 133 ft 2 in (40.6 m) (keel)
Beam12.2 m (40 ft), or 40 ft 10 in (12.4 m)
Draught5.8 m (19 ft)
Depth of hold12 ft 2 in (3.7 m)
PropulsionSail
Complement330 and later 315 (British service)
Armament
  • French service
    • UD: 28 × 18-pounder long guns
    • Spardeck: 12 × 8-pounder guns
  • British service
    • Upper deck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
    • QD: 16 × 32-pounder carronades
    • Fc: 2 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades
ArmourTimber

Clorinde was a 44-gun Uranie-class frigate of the French Navy. The Royal Navy captured her in 1803 and took her into service as HMS Clorinde. She was sold in 1817.

  1. ^ "Naval Database". Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2009.