French corvette Naturaliste

Naturaliste

Géographe and Naturaliste
History
France
Name	Menaçente
Namesake	Menacing
Builder	Le Havre
Laid down	August 1793
Launched	12 September 1795
In service	February 1796
Renamed	Naturaliste
Fate	Sold 25 January 1811
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Salamandre class
Displacement	650-687 tons (French)
Length	39.0 m (128.0 ft)
Beam	8.8 m (29 ft)
Draught	3.7 m (12 ft)
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	Menaçente:86-150 Naturaliste:114
Armament	10 × 8-pounder guns + 2 × 12-inch mortars By 1796 the mortars were removed and she carried 22 × 8-pounder guns For her 1800 commission, the armament was reduced to 10 × 6-pounder guns The 22 × 8-pounder guns were restored in July 1803
Armour	Timber

Naturaliste (French pronunciation: [natyʁalist]) was one of the two-vessel Salamandre-class of galiotes à bombes of the French Navy. Under Jacques Hamelin, and together with Géographe she took part in the exploration of Australia of Nicolas Baudin.