List of French steam frigates
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Paddle frigates
- Asmodée 16 (1841)
- GomerFrench frigate Gomer (1841)The Gomer was a paddle frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.She served in the Caribbean in 1843, and later served off France and England after being refitted as a royal yacht for Louis-Philippe....
20 (1841) - Darien 14 (1842)
- Labrador 14 (1842)
- Ulloa 14 (1842)
- Cacique 14 (1843)
- Canada 14 (1843)
- Christophe Colomb 16 (1843)
- Eldorado 14 (1843)
- Magellan 14 (1843)
- Montézuma 14 (1843) – Wrecked and burnt, 1863
- Orénoque 14 (1843)
- Panama 14 (1843)
- Albatross 14 (1844)
- DescartesFrench frigate DescartesThe Descartes was a paddle frigate of the French Navy. Laid down as Gomer, she was renamed Descartes in 1841.She took part in the Crimean war, and was used to ferry wounded from Italy.On 17 October 1855, she took part in the Battle of Kinburn....
20 (1844) - Vauban 20 (1845)
- Caffarelli 12 (1847)
- Mogador 8 (1848)
Screw frigateScrew frigateSteam frigates and the smaller steam corvettes were steam-powered warships.The first vessel that can be considered a steam frigate was the Demologos which was launched in 1815 for the United States Navy....
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- Pomone 36 (1845)
- Isly 40 (1849)
- Bellone 36 (1853)
- AudacieuseFrench frigate Audacieuse (1856)The Audacieuse was an Ardente class frigate of the French Navy.She 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....
56 (1856) - Foudre 56 (1856)
- Impératrice Eugenie 56 (1856)
- Impetueuse 56 (1856)
- Souveraine 56 (1856)
- Ardente 56 (1857)
- Clorinde 36 (converted from sail 1857)
- Danaé 36 (converted from sail 1857)
- Pandore 36 (converted from sail 1857)
- Renommée 40 (converted from sail 1857)
- Zénobie 36 (converted from sail 1857)
- Astrée 28 (1859)