French frigate Médée (1811)

The Médée was a 46-gun frigate of the French Navy.

Médée anchored at Vera-Cruz in 1838. Drawing by Admiral Théodore Constant Leray.
History
France
NameMédée
NamesakeMedea
BuilderGenoa, Italy
Laid down1810
Launched5 May 1811
Decommissioned1883
FateSank 1883
General characteristics
Class and typeAriane-class frigate
Length45.5 m (149 ft 3 in)
Beam12.36 m (40 ft 7 in)
Draught5.9 m (19 ft 4 in)
Sail planFull-rigged ship, 1,950 m2 (21,000 sq ft)
Complement325
Armament

She took part in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830, and in the Battle of Veracruz in 1838.

In 1849, reconditioned as a hulk, she was renamed Muiron. She sank in 1883

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