French frigate Artémise (1794)

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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Artémise.
History
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NameArtémise
NamesakeArtemis
BuilderToulon
Laid downDecember 1791[1]
Launched25 September 1794[1]
In serviceNovember 1794[1]
FateScuttled on 2 August 1798 after the Battle of the Nile to avoid capture[1]
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeMagicienne class frigate
Displacement1,100 tons (French)[1]
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44.18 m (144.9 ft) (overall)
38.66 m (126.8 ft) (keel)[1]
Beam11.21 m (36.8 ft)[1]
Draught5.2 m (17 ft) (laden)[1]
Complement265-285
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UD:26 × 12-pounder long guns

Spar deck:6 × 6-pounder long guns (by 1798, 4 more added)

Also: 2 × 36-pounder obusiers (by 1798, 2 more added~)[1]
ArmourTimber

The Artémise was a 32-gun Magicienne class frigate of the French Navy.

She was under construction in Toulon when the British seized the city in August 1793. They evacuated the city in December 1793, leaving her behind. The French named her Aurore on 24 July 1794, but then renamed her Artémise when they launched her on 25 September. Her crew scuttled her on 2 August 1798 to prevent the British from capturing her at Aboukir Bay.

At the Action of 24 June 1795, along with the 40-gun Minerve, she took part in an action against HMS Dido and HMS Lowestoffe, escaping while Minerve was captured. Her captain was relieved of his command for leaving Minerve.

In 1798, she took part in the Expedition of Egypt. In the Battle of the Nile in August 1798 HMS Orion and HMS Theseus engaged her; outgunned, her crew set fire to her to prevent the British from capturing her.

Citations and references

Citations
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Roche, vol.1, p.52
  2. ^ Winfield and Roberts (2015), p.129.
References
  • Boudriot, Jean; Berti, Hubert (1992). Frégate, Marine de France 1650-1850. Éditions Ancre. ISBN 2903179115.
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 52. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • Winfield, Rif & Stephen S Roberts (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786 - 1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. (Seaforth Publishing). ISBN 9781848322042

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