French frigate Ariane (1811)

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

Clorinde, sister-ship of French frigate Ariane (1811)

History
France
Name| Ariane
Namesake| Ariana
Builder| Nantes
Laid down| 1807
Launched| 1811
Commissioned| 9 January 1812
Fate| Ran aground and scuttled 22 May 1812
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

Ariane aground (second from left), Andromaque ablaze and sinking (second right), and HMS Northumberland (right) on 22 May 1812.

Ariane was a 40-gun frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.

## Career[edit]

Ariane was commissioned on 9 January 1812 under Captain Jean-Baptiste-Henri Féretier.

Between 21 February 1812 and 17 May, a three-vessel French squadron consisting of the frigates Ariane and Andromaque, and the brig Mameluck engaged in commerce raiding in the Atlantic. They captured numerous British and American vessels and burnt them all, except for Patent, M'Master, master, and Woodrup, Sims, master. They made a cartel of Patent, putting their British prisoners aboard her; she arrived at Plymouth on 24 May. The American prisoners the French put on Woodrop, which they sent to America.[1]

Returning to Lorient, the squadron met the British 74-gun ship-of-the-line HMS Northumberland, Captain Henry Hotham. In the ensuing action of 22 May 1812, the two frigates ran aground trying to escape their much stronger opponent; their crews set them afire to prevent the frigates's capture.[2]

## See also[edit]

* List of French sail frigates

## Citations[edit]

1. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4668\. 12 May 1912. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735025. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
2. ^ Chantier archéologique sous-marin

## References[edit]

* 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. 49\. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1812

Shipwrecks|

* 26 Jan: HMS Carlotta
* 28 Jan: HMS Manilla
* 2 Feb: HMS Conqueror
* 7 Mar: Medway
* 2 May: HMS Apelles, HMS Skylark
* 4 May: Apelles
* 10 May: Irlam
* 22 May: Andromaque, Ariane
* 10 Jun: Campbell Macquarie
* 2 Jul: HDMS Najaden
* 29 Jul: Abercromby
* 2 Aug: HMS Emulous
* 19 Aug: HMS Guerriere, (sinking)
* 20 Aug: HMS Brazen, HMS Southampton
* 2 Sep: Sir John Borlase Warren
* 4 Sep: Danaé
* September (unknown date): HMS Magnet
* 10 Oct: Mangalore
* 14 Oct: HMS Chub Harriet
* 24 Nov: HMS Belette
* 27 Nov: HMS Southampton, USS Vixen
* 30 Nov: HMS Subtle
* November (unknown date): Neva
* 18 Dec: HMS Alban
* December (unknown date): HMS Pembroke, HMS Plumper
* Unknown date: Duc de Dantzig

Other incidents|

* 3–4 Dec: Queen Charlotte
* 13 Dec: HMS Crane
* 19 Dec: Duchess of York
* 29 Dec: USS Constitution, HMS Java

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