French frigate Médée (1811)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Médée.

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
Name	Médée
Namesake	Medea
Builder	Genoa, Italy
Laid down	1810
Launched	5 May 1811
Decommissioned	1883
Fate	Sank 1883
General characteristics
Class and type	Ariane-class frigate
Length	45.5 m (149 ft 3 in)
Beam	12.36 m (40 ft 7 in)
Draught	5.9 m (19 ft 4 in)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship, 1,950 m2 (21,000 sq ft)
Complement	325
Armament	46 guns: Battery: 28 × 18-pounder long guns Quarterdeck and forecastle: 4 × 8-pounder long guns 12 × 18-pounder carronades

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

See also

• List of French sail frigates

Footnotes

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. 303. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.