Clorinde fighting HMS Eurotas
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Clorinde |
Namesake | Clorinda |
Laid down | 19 July 1806 |
Launched | 1808 |
Captured | 26 February 1814 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Aurora |
Acquired | 26 February 1814 |
Fate | Broken up on 24 April 1851 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Pallas-class frigate |
Displacement | 1,080 tonnes |
Length | 46.93 m (154 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 11.91 m (39 ft 1 in) |
Draught | 5.9 m (19 ft 4 in) |
Propulsion | 1,950 m2 (21,000 sq ft) of sail |
Complement | 326 |
Armament |
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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.