Wooden-hulled paddle frigate of the French Navy
History France Name Infernal Laid down 7 December 1839 Launched 1 May 1843 Christened Infernal Decommissioned 14 December 1861 Fate Burnt by accident in October 1861. General characteristics Displacement 1,600 tonnes Propulsion sails / steam engine Armament 8 guns Armour Timber
Infernal paddle frigate of the French Navy .
She took part in the Crimean War .
She was eventually burnt by accident at Valparaiso on 1 October 1861.
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 .
Shipwrecks
20 Feb: Enchantress 5 Mar: Monarch 8 Apr: Witchcraft 20 Apr: USS Columbus , USS Delaware , USS Germantown , USS Merrimack , USS Pennsylvania , USS Plymouth , USS Raritan 21 Apr: USS Columbia , USS Dolphin , USS New York 1 Jun: Lord Hungerford 4 Jun: Canadian 3 Jul: Victory 28 Jul: Petrel 2 Aug: Stag Hound 3 Aug: HMS Driver 18 Aug: Jefferson Davis 1 Oct: Infernal 5 Oct: CSS Venus 11 Oct: USS South Wind 5 Nov: Prony 7 Nov: CSS Winslow 10 Nov: Keystone State 14 Nov: SMS Amazone 23 Nov: CSS Tuscarora 5 Dec: USS Phoenix 8 Dec: USS Cossack , USS Peter Demill , USS South America 19-20 Dec: USS Amazon , USS Garland , USS Rebecca Sims , USS Tenedos 20 Dec: USS American , USS Archer , USS Herald , USS L. C. Richmond , USS Leonidas 21 Dec: USS Kensington 29 Dec: HMS Conqueror December (unknown date): USS Lewis , USS Maria Theresa , USS Robin Hood Unknown date: Glentanner Other incidents
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