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Wooden-hulled paddle frigate of the French Navy
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| Name | Infernal |
| Laid down | 7 December 1839 |
| Launched | 1 May 1843 |
| Christened | Infernal |
| Decommissioned | 14 December 1861 |
| Fate | Burnt by accident in October 1861. |
| General characteristics |
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| Displacement | 1,600 tonnes |
| Propulsion | sails / steam engine |
| Armament | 8 guns |
| Armour | Timber |
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Infernal was a wooden-hulled paddle frigate of the French Navy.
She took part in the Crimean War.
She was eventually burnt by accident at
Valparaiso
on 1 October 1861.
References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. Roche. .
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| Shipwrecks |
- 20 Feb: Enchantress
- 5 Mar:
Monarch
- 8 Apr: Witchcraft
- 20 Apr: USS Columbus, USS Delaware, USS Germantown, USS Merrimack, USS Pennsylvania, USS Plymouth, USS Raritan
- 21 Apr: USS Columbia, USS Dolphin, USS New York
- 1 Jun: Lord Hungerford
- 4 Jun: Canadian
- 3 Jul: Victory
- 28 Jul: Petrel
- 2 Aug: Stag Hound
- 3 Aug: HMS Driver
- 18 Aug: Jefferson Davis
- 1 Oct: Infernal
- 5 Oct: CSS Venus
- 11 Oct: USS South Wind
- 5 Nov: Prony
- 7 Nov: CSS Winslow
- 10 Nov: Keystone State
- 14 Nov: SMS Amazone
- 23 Nov: CSS Tuscarora
- 5 Dec: USS Phoenix
- 8 Dec: USS Cossack, USS Peter Demill, USS South America
- 19-20 Dec: USS Amazon, USS Garland, USS Rebecca Sims, USS Tenedos
- 20 Dec: USS American, USS Archer, USS Herald, USS L. C. Richmond, USS Leonidas
- 21 Dec: USS Kensington
- 29 Dec: HMS Conqueror
- December (unknown date): USS Lewis, USS Maria Theresa, USS Robin Hood
- Unknown date: Glentanner
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