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, as Enfant de la Patrie. She was wrecked on the shores of Norway on 17 February 1798.[1]
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Cérès |
| Namesake | Ceres |
| Builder | Le Havre |
| Laid down | May 1794 |
| Launched | May 1795 |
| In service | October 1795 |
| Fate | Wrecked 17 February 1798 |
| General characteristics [1][2] | |
| Type | Corvette |
| Displacement | 642-719 tons (French) |
| Tons burthen | c.564 (bm)[Note 1] |
| Length | 35.9 metres |
| Beam | 9.7 metres |
| Draught | 5.2 metres |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Complement | 122–198[2] |
| Armament | 18 × 18-pounder long guns (1798)[2] |
| Armour | Timber |
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edit- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922. (1671-1870)
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793—1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1861762467.
- Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S (2015). French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786—1862: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 9781848322042.