French corvette Sylphide (1763)
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Sylphide (also written Silphide)[1] was a 12-gun corvette of the French Navy.
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Sylphide |
Builder | Indret[1] |
Laid down | July 1762 [1] |
Launched | July 1763 [1] |
Commissioned | October 1763 [1] |
Fate | Wrecked near Camaret on 2 September 1784 [1] |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 190 tonnes [1] |
Length | 29.9 metres [1] |
Beam | 8.0 metres [1] |
Draught | 3.7 metres [1] |
Propulsion | Sail |
Armament | 12 4-pounder guns [1] |
Armour | Timber |
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