French corvette Cérès (1795)

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

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

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]

Notes

1. This is based on the descriptions of the three members of the class that the Royal Navy captured, as described in Winfield.^[3]

Citations

1. Roche (2005), p.104.
2. Winfield and Roberts (2015 forthcoming), Chap. 6.
3. Winfield (2008), pp. 232 & 272.

References

• 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.