HMS Aurora (1814)
Clorinde fighting HMS Eurotas
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 France
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| Name: | Clorinde |
| Namesake: | Clorinda |
| Laid down: | 19 July 1806 |
| Launched: | 1808 |
| Captured: | 26 February 1814 |
 Great Britain
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| Name: | Aurora |
| Acquired: | 26 February 1814 |
| Fate: | Broken up on 24 April 1851 |
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| Class and type: | Pallas-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 1080 tonnes |
| Length: | 46.93 m (154.0 ft) |
| Beam: | 11.91 m (39.1 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.9 m (19 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 1,950 m2 (21,000 sq ft) of sail |
| Complement: | 326 |
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| Armour: | Timber |
The Clorinde was a 40-gun Pallas-class frigate of the French Navy, designed by Sané. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1814 and renamed her HMS Aurora. After 19 years as a coal hulk she was broken up in 1851.
From June 1809, she was stationed with the 16-gun Milan and the 38-gun Renommée. In September, she sailed with Renommée, Loire, and Seine to Guadeloupe. On 13 December, she and Renommée captured HMS Junon.
On 15 December 1809, Clorinde ran aground, and freed herself by dropping guns and ammunition overboard.
She took part in the Action of 20 May 1811, fought off Madagascar, and returned to Brest. Captain Jacques Saint-Cricq was found guilty of failing to properly support his commodore, and demoted of rank, expelled from the Legion of Honour, and sentenced to three years in prison.
On 6 December 1813, Clorinde captured the British merchant vessel Lusitania in the Atlantic Ocean (44°30′N 10°30′W / 44.500°N 10.500°W). Lusitania, Johnston, master, had been sailing from London to Suriname. Clorinde then put the crews of four other vessels that she had captured aboard Lusitania and sent her into Plymouth. The other four were:
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