French frigate Ariane (1811)

Ariane was a 40-gun frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.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 Andromaque, and the brig Mameluck engaged in commerce raiding in the Atlantic.They made a cartel of Patent, putting their British prisoners aboard her; she arrived at Plymouth on 24 May.[1] Returning to Lorient, the squadron met the British 74-gun ship-of-the-line HMS Northumberland, Captain Henry Hotham.
Ariane aground (second from left), Andromaque ablaze and sinking (second right), and HMS Northumberland (right) on 22 May 1812.
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