French frigate Sémillante (1841)

	Fragments of Sémillante, on display at Port-Louis naval museum
History
France
Name	Sémillante
Namesake	"Sparkling"or "frisky"
Builder	Lorient
Laid down	13 March 1827
Launched	6 February 1841
Stricken	15 February 1855
Fate	Wrecked 16 February 1855
General characteristics
Class and type	Surveillante-class frigate
Displacement	2500 tonnes
Length	54 metres (177 ft)
Beam	14.10 metres (46.3 ft)
Draught	3.80 metres (12.5 ft)
Propulsion	sail
Complement	301
Armament	60 guns; 32 × 30-pounder long guns; 4 × 80-pounder Paixhans guns; 24 × 30-pounder carronades;
Armour	Timber

The Sémillante was a Surveillante class 60-gun first rank frigate of the French Navy. She sank off the coast of Corsica in 1855 with a loss of 693 people.

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