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''Ariane'' was a 40-gun
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''Ariane'' was a 40-gun frigate
A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat.
The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...
of the French Navy
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, lead ship of her class.
Career
''Ariane'' was commissioned on 9 January 1812 under CaptainJean-Baptiste-Henri Féretier Jean-Baptiste-Henri Féretier (Nantes, 18 December 1765 - Nantes, 11 January 1832) was a French navy officer.
Family
Son of Jean Feretier, a master tailor in Nantes, he married, in 1806, Louise Modeste Bellanger, niece of Mathieu Augustin Cornet. ...
.
Between 21 February 1812 and 17 May, a three-vessel French squadron
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consisting of the frigates ''Ariane'' and , and the brig
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engaged in commerce raiding 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 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, the squadron
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* Squadron (army), a military unit of cavalry, tanks, or equivalent subdivided into troops or tank companies
* Squadron (aviation), a military unit that consists of three or four flights with a total of 12 to 24 aircraft, de ...
met the British 74-gun ship-of-the-line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colum ...
, Captain Henry Hotham
Vice-Admiral The Honourable Sir Henry Hotham (19 February 1777 – 19 April 1833) was officer of the British Royal Navy who served during the French Revolutionary, Napoleonic Wars, and the War of 1812, was later a member of the Board of Admiralt ...
. 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./ref>
See also
*List of French sail frigates
This article is a list of French naval frigates during the Age of Sail, from the middle of the 17th century (when the type emerged) until the close of the sailing era in the middle of the 19th century. The tables excludes privateer frigates ( ...
Citations
References
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ariane (1811) Age of Sail frigates of France Ships built in France 1811 ships Ariane-class frigates Maritime incidents in 1812 Scuttled vessels