French frigate Clorinde (1808)
Clorinde fighting HMS Eurotas | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Clorinde |
| Namesake | Clorinda |
| Laid down | 19 July 1806 |
| Launched | 1808 |
| Captured | 26 February 1814 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Aurora |
| Acquired | 26 February 1814 |
| Fate | Broken up on 24 April 1851 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Pallas-class frigate |
| Displacement | 1,080 tonnes |
| Length | 46.93 m (154 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 11.91 m (39 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 5.9 m (19 ft 4 in) |
| Propulsion | 1,950 m2 (21,000 sq ft) of sail |
| Complement | 326 |
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Clorinde was a 40-gun Pallas-class frigate of the French Navy, designed by Sané. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1814 and renamed her HMS Aurora. After serving 19 years as a coal hulk she was eventually broken up in 1851.