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French frigate Médée (1811)

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Name
  
Médée

Laid down
  
1810

Class and type
  
Ariane class frigate

Construction started
  
1810

Length
  
46 m

Builder
  
Genoa

Namesake
  
Medea

Decommissioned
  
1883

Draught
  
5.9 metres (19 ft)

Launched
  
5 May 1811

Beam
  
12 m

French frigate Médée (1811)

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, reconditionned as a hulk, she was renamed Muiron. She sank in 1883

References

French frigate Médée (1811) Wikipedia