French frigate Gomer (1841)
Gomer was a paddle frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.
 Gomer, by Roux | |
| History | |
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| Name: | Gomer |
| Builder: | Rochefort[1] |
| Laid down: | 25 September 1840[1] |
| Launched: | 19 July 1841[1] |
| Commissioned: | 15 December 1841[1] |
| Struck: | 30 May 1868[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Gomer-class frigate |
| Length: | 72.75 m (238 ft 8 in)[1] |
| Beam: | 12.45 m (40 ft 10 in)[1] |
| Height: | 5.54 m (18 ft 2 in)[1] |
| Complement: | 267[1] |
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She served in the Caribbean in 1843, and later served off France and England after being refitted as a royal yacht for Louis-Philippe.
In 1851, she took part in the Bombardment of Salé. During the Second French Empire, she took part in the Crimean War and in the French intervention in Mexico.
She was decommissioned in 1868 and broken up soon afterward.
Sources and references
- "Paddle frigates (450 nhp)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
- Jean-Michel Roche, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, tome I
- Martin, Jacques (2012). "Le Gomer, frégate à roues (France)". users.skynet.be.
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