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French frigate Aréthuse (1808)

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History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameAréthuse
NamesakeArethusa
Launched23 May 1808
Renamed
  • Elbe, before 1808
  • Calypso, 1814
  • Elbe, 1815
  • Calypso, 1815
Stricken1825
FateBroken up 1841
General characteristics
TypePallas-class frigate
Armament40 guns

The Aréthuse was a 40-gun Pallas-class frigate of the French Navy.

Started as Aréthuse, she was renamed to Elbe while still under construction. She was launched on 23 May 1808 and commissioned under captain Charles Berrenger.

At the Bourbon Restoration, she was renamed to Calypso, back to Elbe during the Hundred Days, and to Calypso after the final demise of Napoléon.

She was struck in 1825 and broken up in 1841.

Citations

  1. Winfield & Roberts p.149

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