Career
Laid down:	9 October 1856
Launched:	28 March 1861
Commissioned:	26 February 1862
Decommissioned:	1887
General Characteristics
Displacement:	1773 freight tons
Length:	61 m
Width:	11.40 m
Draught:	5.10 m
Propulsion:	340 HP steam engine
Speed:	13.5 knots
Complement:	190 men
Armament:	10 x 160 mm guns

The Dupleix was a steam and sail corvette of the French Marine Nationale. She was the first French vessel named after the 18th Century Governor of Pondichéry and Gouverneur Général of the French possessions in India marquess Joseph Dupleix. Tricolore of France Created by User:Anthony S. Tsoumbris French Tricolore flag File links The following pages link to this file: Austria Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam A.S. Roma A.C. Milan Belgium Czech Republic Cyprus Economy of the Czech Republic Corsica Chelsea F.C. European Union Estonia European... October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in Leap years). ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ... February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For the automobile, see Chevrolet Corvette. ... The French Navy (Marine Nationale) is the naval arm of the French military and is the second-largest Western European navy (the largest being the United Kingdoms Royal Navy). ... A marquess is a nobleman of hereditary rank in Europe China and Japan. ... Joseph Francois, Marquis Dupleix (1697 - 1763) was a French colonial administrator in India. ...

After her commissioning, the Dupleix was sent to the Chinese Sea under vice-admiral Jaures. She arrived in Saigon on the 25th of August 1862, and made short stops in Lieou-Kieou Island and Hakodate Island, before arriving in Yokohama. Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese: Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh) is the largest city in Vietnam and, as Saigon (Vietnamese: Sài Gòn), was the capital of South Vietnam from 1954 to 1976. ... View of Hakodate from Mountain Hakodate (函館市; -shi) is a city and port located in Oshima, Hokkaido, Japan. ... For the town of Yokohama in Aomori Prefecture, see Yokohama, Aomori. ...

During the bombardment of Shimonoseki (5 September 1864), the Dupleix was second in the line of corvettes, between the British Tartar and the Dutch Metallkruz. She fired 411 shots and received 22 cannonballs (7 in the hull, 4 under the waterline, and 11 in the sails). She had two killed and 8 wounded. On the 28 December 1864, the Dupleix sailed back to France, where she was decommissioned on the 25 June 1865. Captured battery at Shimonoseki, 1864. ... September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ...

She was re-commissioned in Cherbourg in 1867, and sent back to serve in the "Far-East Naval Division", under counter-admiral Ohier. She arrived in Yokohama in February 1868, and was immediately involved in the events of the Japanese Revolution. For the town of Yokohama in Aomori Prefecture, see Yokohama, Aomori. ...

On the 8 March 1868, a skiff sent to Sakai was attacked by samurais of the prince of Tosa; 11 sailors and Midshipman Guillou were killed (a monument in Kobe is now erected to their memory). The captain protested so strongly that the culprits were arrested, and 20 of them were sentenced to death by seppuku. However, the execution style was so shocking to the French that after 11 were carried out, the French captain requested grace for the survivors. This allowed the French and Japanese parties to reconcile, and is now known as Sakai-jiken. March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... Sakai (堺市; -shi) is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. ... The article incorporates text from OpenHistory. ... Port Tower at night Kōbe (Japanese: 神戸市; -shi) is a city in Japan, located on the island of Honshu. ... Seppuku with ritual attire and second. ...

On the 16 April 1868, the Dupleix was the first Western ship to salute the Emperor at fort Temposan. April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ...

In October of the same year, the Dupleix was sent to Edo. She rescued the British corvette Rattler, which was shipwrecked at Romanzoff Bay, in La Perouse Strait. EDO CORPORATION A US arms company with a unit in Brighton UK called EDO MBM that is the venue for continual peaceful protests by anti-war demonstrators from the city. ... La Pérouse Strait (Japanese: Soya Strait) is a strait dividing the southern part of the Russian island of Sakhalin from the northern part of the Japanese island of Hokkaido, and connecting the Sea of Japan on the west with the Sea of Okhotsk on the east. ...

Replaced in Edo by the cruiser Coetlogon, the Dupleix brought back captain Jules Brunet and his companions from Hakodate to Yokohama and Saigon after the fall of the Republic of Ezo. EDO CORPORATION A US arms company with a unit in Brighton UK called EDO MBM that is the venue for continual peaceful protests by anti-war demonstrators from the city. ... The French military mission before its departure to Japan. ... View of Hakodate from Mountain Hakodate (函館市; -shi) is a city and port located in Oshima, Hokkaido, Japan. ... Enomoto Takeaki (front, right) and the leaders of his loyalist troops in Hokkaido, 1869. ...

From July 1870 to February 1871, the Dupleix blockaded the German corvette Hertha in Nagasaki. In March, the Dupleix sailed back to Cherbourg to be de-commissioned. Megane-bashi (Spectacles Bridge) Nagasaki  listen? (長崎市; -shi, literally long peninsula) is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture located at the south-western coast of Kyushu, Japan. ...

From 1876 to 1886, the Dupleix was re-armed every year from March to October to monitor fishery operations in Island. She was struck in 1887.