Country: France.
Class, [Type]: Descartes, [PFr].
Builder: Lorient Shipyard, France.
Laid down date: 10 July 1840.
Launch date: 8 March 1845.
Commission date: February 1846.
Decommission date: 8 June 1865.
Displacement ( tons ): 2873 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.