French corvette Créole (1829)
1/40th scale model of Créole, on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris
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| Name: | Créole |
| Namesake: | Creole peoples |
| Builder: | Cherbourg |
| Laid down: | August 1827 |
| Launched: | 5 May 1829 |
| Commissioned: | 1 January 1830 |
| Struck: | 29 December 1845 |
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| Displacement: | 751 tonnes |
| Length: | 39 m (128 ft) |
| Beam: | 9.70 m (31.8 ft) |
| Complement: | 150 men |
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| Armour: | Timber |
The Créole was a 24-gun Favorite-class corvette of the French Navy.
She took part in the Pastry War under lieutenant commander de Joinville, and most notably in the Bombardment of San Juan de Ulloa.
A finely crafted shipyard model is on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris. It was originally stored in the office of the prince de Joinville.
Bombardment of San Juan de Ulúa off Vera Cruz. From left to right, the corvette Créole, and the frigates Gloire, Néréide and Iphigénie.
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