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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Guerrière.

Guerrière was a sail and steam Dryade-class frigate of the French Navy. She is known as the flagship of Admiral Pierre-Gustave Roze during the French campaign against Korea in 1866.

Career

Built as a 56-gun sail frigate on a design by Boucher and Masson, Guerrière was transformed by jumboisation of the steam engine section in October 1866. As such, under Captain Olivier, she became Pierre-Gustave Roze's flagship during the French campaign against Korea in 1866.[1] On 30 August 1867, Guerrière was severely damaged in a typhoon in the South China Sea whilst on a voyage from Japan to Hong Kong, China.[2]

In 1869, she was transformed into a troopship by addition of a second covered deck. In 1871, she was used to ferry German war prisoners after the Franco-Prussian War. The next year, under Commander Charles Boucarut, she transported prisoners of the Paris Commune sentenced to deportation to New Caledonia.[1]

In the following years, she shuttled between France and Algeria before being hulked in 1889 and broken up around 1913.[1]

A model of Guerrière is on display at the Musée national de la Marine, inside a dry dock.

  • Guerrière as a hulk, photographed by Marius Bar around 1900
    Guerrière as a hulk, photographed by Marius Bar around 1900
  • 1/48th scale model of dry dock n°1 of Toulon harbour, with the model of Guerrière placed inside by order of Admiral Pâris.
    1/48 scale model of dry dock n°1 of Toulon harbour, with the model of Guerrière placed inside by order of Admiral Pâris.

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f Roche, vol.1, p.234
  2. ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 13485. London. 25 October 1867. p. 7.

References

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 234. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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