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French ship Méduse

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A number of ships of the French Navy have borne the name Méduse, after the Medusa. The best-known is arguable the 1810 frigate Méduse, of Théodore Géricault's Raft of the Medusa fame.

Ships

  • Méduse (1699), a 30-gun Hermione-class frigate
  • Méduse (1723), a 16-gun corvette
  • Méduse (1727), a 16-gun frigate
  • Méduse (1782), a 40-gun Danae-class frigate launched in 1782 and burnt by accident in 1797. She was the lead ship of the Méduse sub-type.
  • Méduse (1797), a frigate.
  • Méduse (1810), a 40-gun Pallas-class frigate launched in 1810 and wrecked in 1816. Her wreck inspired Théodore Géricault's Raft of the Medusa.
  • Méduse (1905), a Naïade-class submarine
  • Méduse (1916), formerly the Spanish trawled Torremolinos, purchased by the Navy and used as an auxiliary patrol ship.
  • Méduse (1932), a Diane-class submarine launched in 1930 and wrecked in 1942.
  • Méduse (1964), a support ship for minesweeping frogmen.

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    French ship Méduse Wikipedia
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