French frigate Guerrière (1860)
Guerrière was a sail and steam Dryade-class frigate of the French Navy. She is known as the flagship of Admiral Pierre-Gustave Roze during the French campaign against Korea in 1866.
 Guerrière in Nagasaki harbour, 1865. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Guerrière |
| Namesake | "Warrior" |
| Builder | Brest |
| Laid down | 8 June 1848[1] |
| Launched | 3 May 1860[1] |
| Decommissioned | 28 May 1888[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Dryade-class frigate |
| Tons burthen | 3,600 tons |
| Propulsion | |
| Complement | 475 men (230 if armed en flûte) |
| Armament | 34 guns |
Career
Built as a 56-gun sail frigate on a design by Boucher and Masson, Guerrière was transformed by jumboisation of the steam engine section in October 1866. As such, under Captain Olivier, she became Pierre-Gustave Roze's flagship during the French campaign against Korea in 1866.[1] On 30 August 1867, Guerrière was severely damaged in a typhoon in the South China Sea whilst on a voyage from Japan to Hong Kong, China.[2]
In 1869, she was transformed into a troopship by addition of a second covered deck. In 1871, she was used to ferry German war prisoners after the Franco-Prussian War. The next year, under Commander Charles Boucarut, she transported prisoners of the Paris Commune sentenced to deportation to New Caledonia.[1]
In the following years, she shuttled between France and Algeria before being hulked in 1889 and broken up around 1913.[1]
A model of Guerrière is on display at the Musée national de la Marine, inside a dry dock.
Guerrière as a hulk, photographed by Marius Bar around 1900
1/48 scale model of dry dock n°1 of Toulon harbour, with the model of Guerrière placed inside by order of Admiral Pâris.
Citations
- Roche, vol.1, p.234
- "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 13485. London. 25 October 1867. p. 7.