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Wednesday 10 July 2019

The French naval strength on 1 January 1847

For years was in the Netherlands a magazine published dealing with maritime affairs in the whole world, navy and merchant.
Sailing ships and vessels
4 ships of the line 1st class, armed with 120 guns
2 ships of the line 2nd class, armed with 100 guns
7 ships of the line 3rd class, armed with 82-90 guns
8 ships of the line 4th class, armed with 80 guns
9 frigates 1st class, armed with 58-60 guns
11 frigates 2nd class, armed with 50-52 guns
3 frigates 3rd class, armed with46 guns
6 frigates 4th class, armed with 40 guns
11 corvettes 1st class, armed with 24-30 guns
23 corvettes 2nd class, armed with 14-28 guns
24 brigs 1st class, armed with 16-20 guns
21 advice brigs armed with 10 guns
55 schooners and light vessels armed with maximum 7 guns
36 transports, including the 22-gun La Fortune, 14-gun La Proserpine and the 6-gun Le Bucephale.
Sailing ships and vessels building
3 ships of the line 1st class, armed with 120 guns
11 ships of the line 2nd class, armed with 100 guns
9 ships of the line 3rd class, armed with 90 guns
1 ships of the line 4th class, armed with 80 guns
7 frigates 1st class, armed with 60 guns
9 frigates 2nd class, armed with 50 guns
10 frigates 4th class, armed with 40 guns
8 corvettes
4 brigs 1st class
6 transports
Steamships and stream vessels
17 frigates with 450-650 hp
2 corvettes 1st class with 320-400 hp
13 corvettes 2nd class with 220-300 hp
15 advice vessels 1st class with 150-200 hp
17 advice vessels 2nd class with maximum 120 hp
Steam warships building
4 frigates with 450-650 hp
4 corvettes 1st class with 320-400 hp
6 corvettes 2nd class with 220-300 hp
8 advice vessels 1st class with 180-200 hp
5 advice vessels 2nd class with 60-120 hp

Source
G.A. Tindal en J. Swart. Verhandelingen en berigten betrekkelijk het zeewezen en de zeevaartkunde. Vol 7. Amsterdam, 1847, p. 488-489. Digitized by Google. Originally published in the Annales Marit. et Col. dated Juny 1847.