French frigate Clorinde (1808)

	Clorinde fighting HMS Eurotas
History
France
Name	Clorinde
Namesake	Clorinda
Laid down	19 July 1806
Launched	1808
Captured	26 February 1814
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Aurora
Acquired	26 February 1814
Fate	Broken up on 24 April 1851
General characteristics
Class and type	Pallas-class frigate
Displacement	1,080 tonnes
Length	46.93 m (154 ft 0 in)
Beam	11.91 m (39 ft 1 in)
Draught	5.9 m (19 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	1,950 m2 (21,000 sq ft) of sail
Complement	326
Armament	Nominally 40 guns; In practice carried either 44 or 46 guns:; Battery: 28 18-pounders; Quarter deck & forecastle:; 8 × 8-pounder long guns; 8 × 36-pounder carronades or 12 × 18-pounder carronades;

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 serving 19 years as a coal hulk she was eventually broken up in 1851.

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