French frigate Médée (1741)
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Médée.
Médée was a French frégate du deuxième ordre, or 26-gun frigate, built in 1740. She is widely considered to be the inspiration for a long line of similar sailing frigates, and was the first ship captured by the British Royal Navy in the War of the Austrian Succession. She became a privateer and was wrecked at St Ives, Cornwall, following a succession of gales in November 1745.
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Kingdom of France | |
Name | Médée |
Laid down | September 1740 |
Launched | February 1741 |
Captured | 4 April 1744 |
Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Medea |
Acquired | 4 April 1744 |
Fate | Sold March 1745 |
Great Britain | |
Name | Boscawen |
In service | 1744 |
Out of service | November 1745 |
Fate | Wrecked at St Ives, Cornwall |
Notes | Privateer |
General characteristics [1] | |
Tons burthen | 380 (French tons of 2,000 livres) |
Length |
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Beam | 32 ft 6 in (9.9 m) |
Depth of hold | 15 ft 3.3 in (4.7 m) |
Complement | 240[2] |
Armament | 26 × 8-pounder guns on one deck [lower-alpha 1] |
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