HMS Astraea (1810)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Astraea.

Ship plan of an Apollo-class frigate
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Astrea
Launched1810
Honours and
awards		Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Off Tamatave 20 May 1811"
FateScrapped 1851
General characteristics
Class & typeApollo-class frigate
Armament36 guns

HMS Astraea was a 36-gun Apollo-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1810 at Northam, Southampton, she participated in the Battle of Tamatave and in an inconclusive single-ship action with the French frigate Etoile. Astrea was broken up in 1851.

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