French frigate Aréthuse (1801)
For other ships with the same name, see French ship Aréthuse.
History | |
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France | |
Name: | Aréthuse |
Namesake: | Arethusa |
Launched: | 1790 |
Acquired: | 14 July 1801 |
Decommissioned: | 27 October 1802 |
Fate: | Returned |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Frigate |
Armament: | 40 guns |
The Aréthuse was an Italian-built 40-gun frigate of the French Navy.
Aréthuse was built in 1790, and offered to France by Ferdinand I on 14 July 1801.
She was decommissioned on 27 October 1802 and returned to Ferdinand I, along with Sibille and Cérès.
Sources and references
- Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom d'Aréthuse, netmarine.net
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). "ARETHUSE - Frégate (1801 - 1802)". Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. Toulon: Roche. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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