Name Hermione Draught 5.9 m (19 ft) Sail plan Ship Length 49 m Beam 12 m | Class and type Hortense-class frigate Propulsion Sails Launched December 1804 Draft 5.9 m Tons burthen 1.35 million kg | |
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Armament 40 guns
28 × 18-pounder long guns
12 × 8-pounder long guns | ||
Hermione was a 40-gun Hortense-class frigate of the French Navy.
Ordered by the Italian Republic as a gift to France under the name République Italienne, she was renamed to Hermione on 26 December 1803, to be launched in December 1804.
Under Captain Jean-Michel Mahé, she took part in the capture of HMS Cyane, the Battle of Cape Finisterre, in the Battle of Trafalgar and in Lamellerie's expedition. In late 1807, she took part in a division under Rear-Admiral Baudin, ferrying troops to Martinique.
Hermione was wrecked in Iroise on 18 August 1808. The wreck was discovered in 1972.
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