French frigate Médée (1811)

The Médée was a 46-gun frigate of the French Navy.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Médée.
Médée anchored at Vera-Cruz in 1838. Drawing by Admiral Théodore Constant Leray.
History
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:
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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    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.

      See also
      • List of French sail frigates
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