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Portrait of Didon by François Roux
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Dryade |
| Builders: | Toulon, Rochefort, Brest |
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| Preceded by: | Surveillante class |
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| Completed: | 9 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Dryade class frigate |
| Displacement: | 2500 tonnes |
| Length: | 77 metres (253 ft) |
| Beam: | 14.50 metres (47.6 ft) |
| Propulsion: | sail |
| Troops: | 291 if fitted as a troop ship |
| Complement: | 500 (212 if fitted as a troop ship) |
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| Armour: | Timber |
The Dryade Class was a type of 60-gun frigate of the French Navy, designed in 1823 by Paul-Marie Leroux.