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French frigate Melpomène (1812)

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Name
  
Melpomène

Laid down
  
1811

Class and type
  
Construction started
  
1811

Length
  
47 m

Beam
  
12 m

Namesake
  
Out of service
  
30 April 1815

Draught
  
5.9 metres (19 ft)

Launched
  
17 May 1812

Displacement
  
1.08 million kg

Builder
  
Toulon

French frigate Melpomène (1812)

The Melpomène was a 44-gun frigate of the French Navy, designed by Sané. She was launched in 1812; in 1815 the Royal Navy captured and scuttled her.

Career

Melpomène was commissioned on 1 June 1812 in Toulon under Commander Charles Béville. She took part in the Action of 5 November 1813, where she sustained light damage and had one wounded.

She was decommissioned on 21 February 1814, but reactivated in January 1815 under Captain Joseph Collet, at Toulon.

On 24 April, during the Hundred Days, she was sent to Napoli to transport Letizia Ramolino. Six days later, at 6a.m. on the 30th, she encountered the 74-gun HMS Rivoli off Ischia, commanded by Captain Edward Stirling Dickson. After a 35-minute fight, Melpomène struck to the ship of the line, and was scuttled.

In May, the frigate Dryade brought Ramolino to France, along with Prince Jérôme Bonaparte.

References

French frigate Melpomène (1812) Wikipedia


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