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''Ariane'' was a 40-gun
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''Ariane'' was a 40-gun frigate
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of the French Navy
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, lead ship
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of her class.
Career
''Ariane'' was commissioned on 9 January 1812 under CaptainJean-Baptiste-Henri Féretier Captain (naval), Captain Jean-Baptiste-Henri Féretier (18 December 1765 11 January 1832) was a French Navy officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Early life
Son of Jean Féretier, a master tailor in Nantes, he marr ...
.
Between 21 February 1812 and 17 May, a three-vessel French squadron consisting of the frigates ''Ariane'' and , and the brig
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engaged in commerce raiding
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in the Atlantic
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. They captured numerous British and American vessels and burnt them all, except for , M'Master, master, and ''Woodrup'', Sims, master. They made a cartel
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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.
Returning to Lorient
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History
Prehistory and classical antiquity
Beginn ...
, the squadron met the British 74-gun ship-of-the-line
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, Captain Henry Hotham
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. In the ensuing action of 22 May 1812
The action of 22 May 1812 took place off Groix when a small French squadron comprising the French frigates and , and the brig ''Mameluck'' returning from a commerce raiding campaign in the Atlantic, met the 74-gun while trying the slip to Lorie ...
, the two frigates ran aground trying to escape their much stronger opponent; their crews set them afire to prevent the frigates's capture./ref>
See also
*List of French sail frigates
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Citations
References
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