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French frigate Gomer (1841)

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


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