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French frigate Artémise (1794)
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| image | Thomas Whitcombe - Capture of La Minerve.jpg | |||||||||
| image_caption | Artémise (first from right) at the action of 24 June 1795 | |||||||||
| section2 | {{Infobox ship/career | |||||||||
| country | France | |||||||||
| flag | [[Image:Flag of France (1814–1830).svg | 45px | border | French Navy Ensign]] [[Image:Flag of French-Navy-Revolution.svg | border | 45px | French Navy Ensign]] [[Image:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg | border | 45px | French Navy Ensign]] |
| name | Artémise | |||||||||
| namesake | Artemisia I of Caria/Artemis | |||||||||
| builder | Toulon | |||||||||
| laid_down | December 1791 | |||||||||
| launched | 25 September 1794 | |||||||||
| in_service | November 1794 | |||||||||
| fate | Scuttled on 2 August 1798 after the Battle of the Nile to avoid capture | |||||||||
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| class | ||||||||||
| displacement | 1,100 tonneaux | |||||||||
| tons_burthen | 600 port tonneaux | |||||||||
| length | *44.18 m (overall) | |||||||||
| *{{convert | 38.66 | m | abbr | on}} (keel) | ||||||
| beam | 11.21 m | |||||||||
| draught | 5.2 m (laden) | |||||||||
| complement | 265-285 | |||||||||
| armament | * UD:26 × 12-pounder long guns | |||||||||
| * Also: 2 × 36-pounder obusiers (by 1798, 2 more added~)<ref name | "roche52" / |
- 38.66 m (keel)
- Spar deck:6 × 6-pounder long guns (by 1798, 4 more added)
- Also: 2 × 36-pounder obusiers (by 1798, 2 more added~)
Artémise was a 32-gun frigate of the French Navy.
She was under construction in Toulon when the Coalition seized the city in August 1793. They evacuated the city in December 1793, leaving her behind. The French named her Aurore on 24 July 1794, but then renamed her Artémise when they launched her on 25 September.
At the action of 24 June 1795, along with the 40-gun , she took part in an action against and , escaping while Minerve was captured. Her captain was court-martialled for leaving Minerve but kept his command.
In 1798, she took part in the Expedition of Egypt. During the Battle of the Nile on 2 August 1798 and engaged her; outgunned, her crew set fire to her to prevent the British from capturing her.
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- Roche, vol.1, p. 52
- Winfield and Roberts (2015), p. 129.
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