French frigate Minerve (1831)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Couronne and French ship Minerve.

Minerve in 1865
History
France
Name
  • 1831 Minerve
  • 1830 Glorieux
  • 1814 Duc de Berry
  • 1812 Glorieux
  • 1807 Couronne
NamesakeMinerva
Ordered21 August 1807
BuilderRochefort
Laid down13 January 1812
Launched18 June 1818
Completed
  • July 1818 as ship of the line
  • 16 October 1836 as frigate
Stricken12 December 1853
FateCondemned for demolition 1874
General characteristics
Class & type32-gun frigate
Displacement3,069 tonneaux
Tons burthen1,537 port tonneaux
Length55.87 metres
Beam14.50 metres
Draught6.73 metres (6.41 after rebuild)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament

Minerve was a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line built for the French Navy during the 1810s. Not commissioned until 1818, the ship was razeed during the 1830s and recommissioned as a frigate.

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