Audacieuse, drawn by Roux | |
History | |
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Name: | Audacieuse |
Namesake: | "Audacious" |
Builder: | Brest [1] |
Laid down: | 1854 [1] |
Launched: | 22 January 1856 [1] |
Decommissioned: | September 1864 [1] |
Out of service: | 11 April 1879 [1] |
Reinstated: | December 1864 [1] |
Fate: | Deleted in 1872 [1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Ardente-class frigate [1] |
Displacement: | 1,960 tonnes [1] |
Length: | 74 m (242 ft 9 in) [1] |
Beam: | 14.7 m (48 ft 3 in) [1] |
Draught: | 3.9 m (12 ft 10 in) [1] |
Installed power: | 2,650 ihp (1,980 kW) [1] |
Propulsion: | Steam engine, one propeller [1] |
Speed: | 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) [1] |
Complement: | 530 men |
Armament: |
Audacieuse was an Ardente-class frigate of the French Navy.
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Audacieuse served between France and the Far East, notable ferrying ambassador Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros to China in 1857 and bringing guns from the Taku Forts to France. [1]
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The Musée national de la Marine in Paris has a model of Audacieuse on display. [2]
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