French frigate Médée (1811)
The Médée was a 46-gun frigate of the French Navy.
Médée anchored at Vera-Cruz in 1838. Drawing by Admiral Théodore Constant Leray. | |
History | |
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France | |
Name: | Médée |
Namesake: | Medea |
Builder: | Genoa, Italy |
Laid down: | 1810 |
Launched: | 5 May 1811 |
Decommissioned: | 1883 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Ariane class frigate |
Length: | 45.5 metres (149 ft) |
Beam: | 12.36 metres (40.6 ft) |
Draught: | 5.9 metres (19 ft) |
Propulsion: | Sail, full-rigged ship, 1,950 square metres (21,000 sq ft) |
Complement: | 325 men |
Armament: |
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Armour: | Timber |
She took part in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830, and in the Battle of Veracruz in 1838.
In 1849, reconditioned as a hulk, she was renamed Muiron. She sank in 1883
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See also
- List of French sail frigates
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