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French frigate Amélie (1808)

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Name
  
Amélie

Laid down
  
1807

Construction started
  
1807

Length
  
47 m

Beam
  
12 m

Builder
  
Toulon

Class and type
  
Pallas-class frigate

Launched
  
21 July 1808

Displacement
  
1.08 million kg

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Namesake
  
Amélie Bonaparte, sister of Napoleon who died in her infancy

Fate
  
Broken up on 17 August 1842

Amélie was a 46-gun Pallas class frigate of the French Navy.

On 21 October 1809, she sailed from Toulon to escort a convoy bound for Barcelona. Chased by a British squadron under Collingwood, she joined up with Pauline and Borée and managed to reach Toulon.

On 29 March 1811, she departed Toulon with Adrienne, escorting the storeship Dromadaire carrying 8 tonnes of gunpowder and ammunition to Corfu. Two days later, the ships ran across a British squadron comprising HMS Unite and HMS Ajax. Dromadaire was captured, while the frigates managed to escape to Portoferraio.

At the Bourbon Restoration, she was renamed Junon, effective from 11 April 1814.

She served during the Spanish expedition under Captain Rosamel, capturing a privateer on 3 March 1823 and fighting off Barcelona.

She served as a transport in Madagascar, then was re-armed in the Mediterranean, before being struck in 1842.

References

French frigate Amélie (1808) Wikipedia