French frigate Andromaque (1811)

Andromaque was a 40-gun Ariane class frigate of the French Navy.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Andromaque.
Clorinde, sister-ship of French frigate Andromaque (1811)
History
France
Name: Andromaque
Namesake: Andromache
Ordered: 10 November 1808
Builder: Nantes
Laid down: 1808
Launched: 1811
Commissioned: 1 August 1811
Fate: Ran aground, burned, and scuttled 22 May 1812
General characteristics
Class and type: Ariane class frigate
Length: 45.5 metres (149 ft)
Beam: 12.36 metres (40.6 ft)
Draught: 5.9 metres (19 ft)
Propulsion: Sail, full rigged ship, 1,950 square metres (21,000 sq ft)
Complement: 325 men
Armament:
Armour: Timber
Ariane aground (second from left), Andromaque ablaze and sinking (second right), and HMS Northumberland (right) on 22 May 1812.

Career

Ariane was commissioned on 1 August 1811 under Captain Nicolas Morice, as part of a two-frigate squadron tasked with commerce raiding in the Atlantic that also included the frigate Ariane and the brig Mameluck .

Returning to Lorient, the squadron met with the British 74-gun ship-of-the-line HMS Northumberland. In the ensuing Action of 22 May 1812, the two frigates ran aground trying to escape their much stronger opponent, and were set afire to prevent their capture.[1]

Footnotes
Notes
    Citations
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    References
    • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 41. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

    See also

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