French frigate Néréide (1836)

Néréide was a 52-gun frigate of the French Navy. She took part in the Battle of Veracruz soon after her commissioning.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Néréide.
Plans of Néréide
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameNéréide
NamesakeNereid
BuilderLorient
Laid down1 August 1828
Launched17 February 1836
Stricken1896
FateBroken up 1896
General characteristics
TypeFrigate
Displacement2,154 tonnes
PropulsionSail
Armament52 guns

As a transport, she took part in the Crimean War.

She was eventually decommissioned in 1887, and broken up in 1896.[1]

See also

Citations
  1. Winfield & Roberts p.111

References
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 – 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 326. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French warships in the age of sail, 1786-1861. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-184832-204-2.
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