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French corvette Cérès (1795)

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Name
  
Cérès

Builder
  
Le Havre

In service
  
October 1795

Launched
  
May 1795

Draft
  
5.2 m

Namesake
  
Ceres

Laid down
  
May 1794

Construction started
  
May 1794

Length
  
36 m

Fate
  
Wrecked on the shores of Norway on 17 February 1798

Cérès was an 18-gun Etna-class corvette of the French Navy, launched in 1795. Begun in 1794 as Courageuse, the corvette was renamed Cérès in May 1795 and launched the same month. In 1797, she was again renamed, to Enfant de la Patrie. She was wrecked on the shores of Norway on 17 February 1798.

References

French corvette Cérès (1795) Wikipedia