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in the 19th century. She was launched in 1847 at Brest, and participated in campaigns in

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. In 1857–1858, she was the

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of Admiral

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during the Second Opium War, and in Vietnam at the Siege of Đà Nẵng.''China and Her Neighbours; France in Indo-China, Russia and China, India...'' By R S Gundry Page

/ref> In 1857, she ran aground in the

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. She was used for harbour service at

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in 1866, and was scrapped in 1889.

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