French frigate Melpomène (1828)
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Melpomène was a Surveillante class 60-gun first rank frigate of the French Navy.
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Model showing characteristics and original painting scheme of Belle Poule, sister-ship of the French frigate Melpomène (1828). Model on display at Toulon naval museum. | |
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France | |
Name | Melpomène |
Namesake | Melpomene |
Builder | Cherbourg |
Laid down | 17 May 1825 |
Launched | 28 July 1828 |
Commissioned | 1 March 1830 |
Decommissioned | 1 October 1833 |
Out of service | 1845 |
Stricken | 1870 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Surveillante-class frigate |
Displacement | 2500 tonnes |
Length | 54 metres (177 ft) |
Beam | 14.10 metres (46.3 ft) |
Draught | 3.80 metres (12.5 ft) |
Propulsion | sail |
Complement | 301 |
Armament |
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Armour | Timber |
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