French frigate Aréthuse (1808)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Aréthuse.

The Aréthuse was a 40-gun Pallas-class frigate of the French Navy.

History
France
Name	Aréthuse
Namesake	Arethusa
Launched	23 May 1808
Renamed	Elbe, before 1808 Calypso, 1814 Elbe, 1815 Calypso, 1815
Stricken	1825
Fate	Broken up 1841
General characteristics
Type	Pallas-class frigate
Armament	40 guns

Started as Aréthuse, she was renamed to Elbe while still under construction. She was launched on 23 May 1808 and commissioned under captain Charles Berrenger.

At the Bourbon Restoration, she was renamed to Calypso, back to Elbe during the Hundred Days, and to Calypso after the final demise of Napoléon.

She was struck in 1825 and broken up in 1841.^[1]

Citations

1. Winfield & Roberts p.149

References

• Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom d'Aréthuse, netmarine.net
• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). "ARETHUSE - Frégate de 40 canons (1805 - 1807)". Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. Toulon: Roche. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
• Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French warships in the age of sail, 1786-1861. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-184832-204-2.