French frigate Minerve (1836)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Couronne, French ship Duc de Berry, and French ship Minerve.

History
Minerve in 1865
France
Name:	Minerve
Namesake:	Minerva
Builder:	Rochefort
Laid down:	1805
Launched:	18 June 1818
Completed:	16 October 1836
Struck:	12 December1853
General characteristics
Class and type:	32-gun frigate
Length:	55.87 metres
Beam:	14.50 metres
Draught:	6.73 metres (6.41 after rebuild)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	In 1817: LD: 28 × 36-pounder long guns UD: 30 × 18-pounder long guns QD and Fc: 14 × 8-pounder long guns and 10 × 36-pounder carronades In 1836: LD: 26 × 36-pounder long guns and 2 × 22cm Paixhans guns QD and Fc: 28 × 36-pounder carronades As gunnery school: LD: 24 × 30-pounder long guns, 3 × 22cm Paixhans guns QD and Fc: 17 × 30-pounder carronades, 4 × 16cm howitzers

Minerve was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line, later razeed and commissioned as a frigate. Started during the Empire, she was launched during the Bourbon Restoration, rebuilt during the reign of Louis-Philip, and served as a gunnery school through the French Second Republic and the Second French Empire, only to be broken up shortly after the advent of the French Third Republic.

Career

Started in 1805, the ship was initially to be named Couronne, but was renamed Glorieux in 1812, and Duc de Berry in 1814 at the Bourbon Restoration. She was eventually launched in 1818. At the July Revolution, she became Glorieux again. The next year, she was renamed Minerve and razeed to a frigate.

Launched for the second time in 1833, Minerve served a flagship of the naval station off Brazil. In 1841, she cruised off Madagascar brefore becoming the flagship of the Middle East naval station in 1844.

From 1848, Minerve was used as a gunnery training ship. She was hulked in 1853 and eventually broken up in 1874.

Notes and References

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References

Bibliography

Frégates à voiles de 1er rang, la Flotte de Napoléon III
Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

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