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
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameGuerrière
Namesake"Warrior"
BuilderBrest
Laid down8 June 1848[1]
Launched3 May 1860[1]
Decommissioned28 May 1888[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeDryade-class frigate
Tons burthen3,600 tons
Propulsion
  • Sails
  • 2,400 shp (1,800 kW) Creuzot steam engine, 1 retractable propeller
Complement475 men (230 if armed en flûte)
Armament34 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.

Citations

  1. Roche, vol.1, p.234
  2. "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 13485. London. 25 October 1867. p. 7.

References

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 234. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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