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French frigate Néréide (1836)

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Name
  
Néréide

Builder
  
Lorient

Struck
  
1896

Construction started
  
1 August 1828

Weight
  
2,154 tons

Namesake
  
Nereid

Laid down
  
1 August 1828

Propulsion
  
Sail

Launched
  
17 February 1836

Displacement
  
2.154 million kg

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The Néréide was a 52-gun frigate of the French Navy. She took part in the Battle of Veracruz soon after her commissioning.

As a transport, she took part in the Crimean War.

She was eventually decommissioned in 1887, and struck in 1896.

References

French frigate Néréide (1836) Wikipedia