French frigate Descartes
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| History | |
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| Name | Descartes |
| Namesake | René Descartes |
| Laid down | 11 February 1840 |
| Launched | 5 March 1844 |
| Christened | Gomer |
| Decommissioned | 15 August 1867 |
| Renamed | Descartes in 1841 |
| Fate | Broken up in 1867. |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1,800 tonnes |
| Length | 70.46 m (231 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 13.40 m (44 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 6.60 m (21 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Armament | 20 guns |
| Armour | Timber |
Descartes was a wooden-hulled paddle frigate of the French Navy. Laid down as Gomer, she was renamed Descartes in 1841 while still on the stocks.
