French frigate Junon (1786)
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Junon, HMS Princess Charlotte, and HMS Andromache.
Junon was a 40-gun Minerve-class frigate of the French Navy.
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Princess Charlotte drawn in 1799 | |
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France | |
Name | Junon |
Namesake | Juno |
Ordered | 30 October 1781[1] |
Builder | Toulon shipyard[1] |
Laid down | 10 February 1782[1] |
Launched | 14 August 1782[1] |
Commissioned | 2 May 1786[1] |
Renamed | Andromache in 1812 |
Captured | At the action of 18 June 1799 |
Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Princess Charlotte |
Acquired | Captured at the action of 18 June 1799 |
Renamed | Andromache in 1812 |
Fate | Broken up 1828 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Minerve-class frigate |
Displacement | 700 tonnes[1] |
Length | 46.1 m (151 ft 3 in)[1] |
Beam | 11.7 m (38 ft 5 in)[1] |
Draught | 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)[1] |
Sail plan | Ship-rigged |
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