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French frigate Sirène (1823)

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La Sirène at the Battle of Navarino, 20 Oct 1827, drawn by George Philip Reinagle on HMS Mosquito
History
France
NameSirène
BuilderGarnier Saint-Maurice and Pestel, Toulon Dockyard
Laid downJuly 1820
Launched25 July 1823
Commissioned3 December 1824
Stricken20 July 1861
FateBroken up 1871
General characteristics
Displacement2,300 tonne
Length51.95m
Beam13.16m
Complement441
Armament

Sirène (or Syrène) was launched in 1823 as a Vestale-class frigate, which owed their design to Pail Filhon. In 1825 she was under the command of capitaine de vaisseau (later contre-amiral) Marie Henri Daniel Gauthier, comte de Rigny (Henri de Rigny), who commanded the French Navy's Levant Division.[2] Sirène was Admiral Henri de Rigny's flagship at the Battle of Navarino, where he commanded the French division.

In 1831 she was involved in the events prior to the Battle of the Tagus, but does not appear to have participated in the battle itself.

She probably served as a 2-gun transport during the Crimean War. She was struck in 1861. She then served as a coal hulk at Brest until she was broken up in 1871.[3]

Citations

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  1. ^ a b "Sail frigates (2nd class, 58 guns)".
  2. ^ Fonds Marine, p.599.
  3. ^ Winfield and Roberts (2015), p. 107.

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