''Junon'' was a 40-gun of the
French Navy.
French service
''Junon'' was commissioned in the French Navy under Captain d'Ettry on 2 May 1786.
In 1786, ''Junon'' served as division flagship for
Chef d'escadre Charritte in the 12-ship
Escadre d'évolution. She was at Cherbourg on 24 June when a
naval review and a simulated naval battle took place as
Louis XVI visited the harbour.
Later that year, she became the flagship for the French division off Western Africa, under
Chef de Division
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Joseph de Flotte.
In late 1790, under Lieutenant Villeneuve d'Esclapon, she prepared to sail from
Toulon, but never departed.
In June 1792, ''Junon'' escorted merchantmen from Toulon into the Atlantic Ocean under Lieutenant Terras de Rodeillac.
In December 1792, she ferried Ambassador
Sémonville to
Constantinople, before returning to cruise off
Sardinia, notably supporting the landing of French troops on 14 January 1793.
From 26 August 1793, she was under the command of Lieutenant Le Duey, in Marseille. From there, she escorted a convoy of merchantmen to Toulon, sailed to cruise in the Mediterranean and the
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, conducted reconnaissance off the coasts of
Provence, and returned to Toulon. Lieutenant Villeneuve d'Esclapon
replaced Le Duey on 25 December 1793; Villeneuve was promoted to captain before 16 August 1794.
From August 1795 to January 1796, ''Junon'' cruised in consort with in the Mediterranean.
In the fleet of Toulon, ''Junon'' took part in the
Mediterranean campaign of 1798, running aground upon her arrival at
Abukir.
After having been repaired in
Alexandria, ''Junon'', under Captain Pourquier, became part of the Syrian naval station under Rear-admiral
Perrée.
[Fonds Marine, p.229] She ferried artillery and ammunition of the French Army besieging
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A British squadron under Captain John Markham in captured ''Junon'' in the
action of 18 June 1799 as Perrée's squadron attempted to return to Toulon.
The
Royal Navy recommissioned her as the 38-gun
fifth rate HMS ''Princess Charlotte''.
British service
At 10am on 13 December 1804, ''Princess Charlotte'' was west of
Cape Antonio
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when she sighted an unknown brig. After a chase of seven hours southward, ''Princess Charlotte'' caught up with her quarry at Lat. 30° 50' N Long. 85° 32' W. The brig surrendered after her pursuer had fired four or five shots. The quarry was the French privateer ''Regulus'', out of
Guadaloupe. She was pierced for 14 guns but had only 11 on board, having thrown two overboard during the chase. She had a crew of 88 men under the command of Citizen Jacque Mathieu. Captain F.F. Gardner of ''Princess Charlotte'' described ''Regulus'' as "a very fine Vessel" that "sails remarkably well" and is "perfectly adapted for His Majesty's Service". The Royal Navy took her into service as , there being an already in service.
The French corvettes and left Martinique on 29 September 1805 provisioned for a cruise of three months.
[ ''Enseigne de vaisseau'' Hamon, who had assumed command of ''Naïade'' shortly before they sailed, was the senior officer of the pair.][
Six days later ''Princess Charlotte'' was off Tobago when she sighted them in the distance. The two French vessels were too far away for ''Princess Charlotte'' to chase them. Captain George Tobin of ''Princess Charlotte'' decided to disguise his vessel as best he could in the hope that he could lure them to approach. He was successful and an engagement ensued.][
Eventually, ''Princess Charlotte'' succeeded in capturing ''Cyane'', which had been a Royal Navy sloop until the French had captured her in May; ''Naïade'' as Tobin put it, "by taking a more prudent Situation and superior sailing, effected her Escape without any apparent Injury."][ A French account of the battle describes in detail how well Meynard maneuvered and fought before being forced to strike. The Royal Navy took ''Cyane'' back into service as HMS ''Cerf''.
On 27 May 1811, ''Princess Charlotte'' was in company with the when they captured the American ship ''Fox''.
In 1812, ''Princess Charlotte'' was renamed HMS ''Andromache''.
On 11 December 1812, together with the frigate , ''Andromache'' took the American ]brig
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''Leader'' from Boston bound for Bordeaux, France with a cargo of fish, and then on 10 December the French privateer ''San Souci'' from St Malo. ''San Souci'' of 14 guns, had a crew of 120 men. ''San Souci'' arrived at Plymouth on 20 December. '' Lloyd's List'' described her as being of 16 guns and having a crew of 70. It further reported that ''Andromache'' and ''Briton'' had chased ''Sans Souci'' for 12 hours before catching her. ''San Souci'' had been out six weeks and had captured two British vessels, ''Speculation'', which had been sailing from Cork to Lisbon, and the South Seas whaler . ''Sans Souci'' had only captured ''Frederick'' after an hour-long engagement in which ''Frederick'' lost her mate killed, and had "Body" and three or four other crew severely wounded. ''Sans Souci'' had on board the crew from ''Frederick''.
On 17 December the two frigates captured the American brig ''Columbia'', loaded with coffee and sugar en route from Philadelphia to Bordeaux then the brig ''Stephen'' carrying cotton, potash and skins from New York
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to Bordeaux, shortly followed by the brig ''Exception'' on 20 December, underway from Philadelphia to Bordeaux loaded with cotton.
The American ship ''Mount Hope'', which had been sailing from Georgetown to Cadiz when a French privateer captured her, arrived at Plymouth on 12 May 1813, after ''Andromache'' recaptured her. A later account has the capture taking place on 5 May, ''Mount Hope''s voyage as starting in Charlestown, and her cargo as rice. Her captors were , rather than ''Andromache'', and and .
On 23 October 1813 ''Andromache'' captured the French frigate after an engagement of only 15 minutes. ''Trave'', although a new vessel, had lost her masts in a storm and was sailing under jury-rigged masts and so unable to maneuver. She was armed with twenty-eight French 18-pounder long gun
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s sixteen 18-pounder carronade
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she had one man killed, and 28 men wounded, including her commander ''capitaine de frégate'' Jacob Van Maren. ''Andromache'' had little damage and only two men wounded. The Royal Navy took ''Trave'' into service as the troopship ''Trave''. At the time of the capture the ketch was in sight, though it is not clear what she could have added had the engagement lasted longer.
On 14 March 1813 ''Andromache'' captured the Baltimore letter of marque , off Nantes. ''Courier'', of 251 tons (bm), was armed with six 12-pounder carronades and had a crew of 35 men under the command of Captain Robert Davis. She was sailing back to Baltimore from Nantes.
Two weeks later, on 2 April, and ''Andromache'' captured the American ship ''Good Friends''. The privateer ''Cerberus'' was in sight.
Post script to the war
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in 1812, between 1812 and 1814, and in the Gironde. ''Andromache'' was listed among the vessels that had served under Keith in 1813 and 1814. She had also served under Keith in the Gironde.
During September 1817, Edward Bransfield was appointed master of HMS ''Andromache'' under the command of Captain William Henry Shirreff. It was during this tour of duty that ''Andromanche'' was posted to the Royal Navy's new Pacific Squadron off Valparaíso in Chile. When William Smith, captain of the merchantman arrived at Valparaiso he reported the discovery of the South Shetland Islands in October 1819 while on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Valparaiso. ''Andromanche'', accompanied by ''William'', sailed to investigate the discovery, and on 30 January 1820, they made what was probably the first sighting of the Antarctic Continent, along with the first record of an Antarctic plant, '' Deschampsia antarctica''.
Fate
''Andromache'' was sold for scrap and dismantled in Deptford in 1828.
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