French frigate Ariane (1811)
{{Short description|Napoleonic Pallas-class frigate}}
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Ariane was a 40-gun frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.
Career
Ariane was commissioned on 9 January 1812 under Captain Jean-Baptiste-Henri Féretier.
Between 21 February 1812 and 17 May, a three-vessel French squadron consisting of the frigates Ariane and {{ship|French frigate|Andromaque|1811|2}}, and the brig {{ship|French brig|Mameluck|1810|2}} engaged in commerce raiding in the Atlantic. They captured numerous British and American vessels and burnt them all, except for {{ship||Patent|1803 ship|2}}, M'Master, master, and Woodrup, Sims, master. They made a cartel of Patent, putting their British prisoners aboard her; she arrived at Plymouth on 24 May. The American prisoners the French put on Woodrop, which they sent to America.{{cite news|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2735025?urlappend=%3Bseq=300 |title=The Marine List |work=Lloyd's List |issue=4668 |date=12 May 1912 |hdl=2027/uc1.c2735025?urlappend=%3Bseq=300 |access-date=7 October 2020}}
Returning to Lorient, the squadron met the British 74-gun ship-of-the-line {{HMS|Northumberland|1798|6}}, Captain Henry Hotham. In the ensuing action of 22 May 1812, the two frigates ran aground trying to escape their much stronger opponent; their crews set them afire to prevent the frigates's capture.[http://www.wrecksite.eu/docbrowser.aspx?518 Chantier archéologique sous-marin]
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- {{cite book |first=Jean-Michel |last=Roche |year=2005 |title=Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870 |isbn=978-2-9525917-0-6 |oclc=165892922 |pages=49|publisher=Group Retozel-Maury Millau}}
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Category:Age of Sail frigates of France
Category:Ships built in France
Category:Ariane-class frigates