HMS Madagascar (1811)
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For other ships of the same name, see French ship Néréide.
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Madagascar.
| File:Battle of tamatave.jpg Néréide as the Action of 20 May 1811 (rightmost ship) | |
| Career (France) |    |
|---|---|
| Name: | Néréide |
| Namesake: | Nereid |
| Ordered: | 28 December 1805 |
| Builder: | Saint Malo |
| Laid down: | March 1805 |
| Launched: | 1808 |
| Captured: | 26 May 1811 |
| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | HMS Madaagascar |
| Acquired: | 26 May 1811 |
| Struck: | 1819 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 600 tonnes |
| Draught: | 1114 tons |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Armament: | 38 guns |
| Armour: | Timber |
The Néréide was a 38-gun frigate of the French Navy designed by Sané.
In 1810, she sailed to Guadeloupe but was repelled by the blockade off Basse-Terre, and returned to Brest after a fight with HMS Rainbow and HMS Avon.
She was captured during the action of 20 May 1811, and brought into British service as HMS Madagascar.
She took part in the Peninsular War against France and the War of 1812 with the United States of America. In June 1814, the ship in a flotilla under the command of Admiral Lord Cochrane carried General William Miller and his troops from Bordeaux to the Chesapeake Bay to reinforce General Ross in the War of 1812.1
Notes and References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.[page needed][self-published source?]
- address to the Royal Artillery Historical Society 2003 Autumn Meeting by Mr Thomas Hudson, OBE, MA, 17 September 2003, at Woolwich, England.
- HMS Madagascar, Naval database
