French frigate Médée (1811)
Appearance
Médée anchored at Vera-Cruz in 1838. Drawing by Admiral Théodore Constant Leray .
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History | |
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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 m (149 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 12.36 m (40 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 5.9 m (19 ft 4 in) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship, 1,950 m2 (21,000 sq ft) |
Complement | 325 |
Armament |
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The Médée was a 46-gun frigate of the French Navy.
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
Footnotes
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- Citations
References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 303. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.