French ship Méduse explained

A number of ships of the French Navy have borne the name Méduse, after the Medusa. The best-known is arguable the 1810 frigate, of Théodore Géricault's Raft of the Medusa fame.

Ships

• , a 30-gun ^[1]
• (1723), a 16-gun corvette
• , a 16-gun frigate
• , a 40-gun launched in 1782 and burnt by accident in 1797. She was the lead ship of the Méduse sub-type.
• , a frigate.
• , a 40-gun frigate launched in 1810 and wrecked in 1816. Her wreck inspired Théodore Géricault's Raft of the Medusa.
• , a ^[2]
• (1916), formerly the Spanish trawler Torremolinos, purchased by the Navy and used as an auxiliary patrol ship.
• (1930), a launched in 1930 and wrecked in 1942.
• (1964), a support ship for minesweeping frogmen.

See also

• (1797), a galley captured at Venice.
• (1939), a minesweeper.

Notes and references

Bibliography

• Book: Roche, Jean-Michel. 2005. Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 978-2-9525917-0-6. 165892922. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. 1. 241-242.
• Book: Roche, Jean-Michel. 2005. Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 978-2-9525917-0-6. 165892922. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. 2. 250.

Notes and References

1. Roche, p.303
2. Roche, vol.2, p.338