French frigate Aréthuse (1805)

History
France
Name: Aréthuse
Namesake: Arethusa
Launched: 23 May 1808
Renamed:
  • Elbe, before 1808
  • Calypso, 1814
  • Elbe, 1815
  • Calypso, 1815
Struck: 1825
General characteristics
Type: Frigate
Armament: 40 guns

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

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.

Sources and 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.
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