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}} | 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. She took part in the Crimean War, and was used to ferry wounded from Italy. On 17 October 1855, she took part in the Battle of Kinburn. She was eventually broken up in Brest in July 1867. External links - Nos Photographies rares
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