French frigate Gomer (1841)

Gomer, by Roux
History
France
Name	Gomer
Builder	Rochefort[1]
Laid down	25 September 1840[1]
Launched	19 July 1841[1]
Commissioned	15 December 1841[1]
Stricken	30 May 1868[1]
Fate	Broken up 1868
General characteristics
Class and type	Gomer-class frigate
Length	72.75 m (238 ft 8 in)[1]
Beam	12.45 m (40 ft 10 in)[1]
Height	5.54 m (18 ft 2 in)[1]
Complement	267[1]
Armament	6 × 16 cm (6.3 in) howitzers[1] 8 × 30-pounders

Gomer was a paddle frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.

She served in the Caribbean in 1843, and later served off France and England after being refitted as a royal yacht for Louis-Philippe. In August 1843, while serving in the Caribbean, the frigate crew suffered an outbreak of yellow fever, which necessitated the captain to request medical aide from the Pensacola Navy Yard hospital. The crew were under treatment from 23 August to 29 September 1843.^[2]

Patient Register Pensacola Navy Hospital dated 11 September 1843, p.75., entry and notation by Dr. Isaac Hulse USN,. Entry records medical assistance given French steam frigate Gomer, during an outbreak of yellow fever

In 1851, she took part in the Bombardment of Salé. During the Second French Empire, she took part in the Crimean War and in the French intervention in Mexico.

She was decommissioned in 1868 and broken up soon afterward.

Citations

1. "Paddle frigates (450 nhp)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
2. Department of the Navy, Case Files for Patients at Naval Hospitals and Registers, Pensacola Navy Hospital, August 23, to 29 September 1843, for Dr. Hulse USN notation re the yellow fever and the Gomer.See 11 Sept 1843, p.75.,Registers of Patients 1812–1929. RG 52: Records of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, 1812–1975, NARA DC

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. Roche. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
• Martin, Jacques (2012). "Le Gomer, frégate à roues (France)". users.skynet.be. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2010-02-17.