1844.

Country: France.
Class, [Type]: Descartes, [PFr].

Builder: Rocefort Shipyard, France.
Laid down date: 11 February 1840.
Launch date: 5 March 1844.
Commission date: May 1845.
Decommission date: 15 July 1867.

Displacement ( tons ): 3037 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 70,5 x 12,6 x 6.
Main machinery: Sails, steam engine ( 540 hp ).
Sail plan: Full rigged ship.
Complement: 304.

Guns: 20 muzzle-loading smooth-bore gans: 18 x 30pdrs, 2 x 220mm Paixhans guns.