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French frigate Médée (1811)

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Médée anchored at Vera-Cruz in 1838. Drawing by Admiral Théodore Constant Leray [fr].
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameMédée
NamesakeMedea
BuilderGenoa, Italy
Laid down1810
Launched5 May 1811
Decommissioned1883
General characteristics
Class and typeAriane-class frigate
Length45.5 m (149 ft 3 in)
Beam12.36 m (40 ft 7 in)
Draught5.9 m (19 ft 4 in)
Sail planFull-rigged ship, 1,950 m2 (21,000 sq ft)
Complement325
Armament

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

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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.

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