French frigate Melpomène (1890)

Melpomène was a schoolship frigate of the French Navy.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Melpomène.
History
France
Name: Melpomène
Namesake: Melpomene
Ordered: 9 August 1887
Builder: Rochefort [1]
Laid down: 19 October 1883 [1]
Launched: 20 August 1887 [1]
Commissioned: 15 September 1890 [1]
Decommissioned: 1904 [1]
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Type: frigate
Length: 53.5 metres
Beam: 13.8 metres
Draught: 6.5 metres
Propulsion: 1769 m² of sails
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Complement: 180 men
Armament:
  • 8 138mm guns
  • 4 37mm guns

Career

Melpomène was ordered in August 1883 as a replacement for Résolue, to serve as a gabier schoolship. She departed for her first training cruise on 23 August 1890, sailing to Dakar and calling the Canary Islands and Tenerife on the way, before returning to Brest on 25 May 1891. [1]

She performed similar cruises in the following years until 1904.[1]


Fate

In 1904, Melpomène was struck from the Navy lists. She was hulked in Lorient in 1923. On 19 June 1940, she sank at her mooring, and was broken up in 1943. [1]

Legacy

Melpomène was the subject of a post stamp in 1974.[2][3][4]


Notes, citations, and references

Notes

    Citations

    1. Roche (2005), p. 340.
    2. "Timbre : 1975 FRÉGATE LA MELPOMÈNE". WikiTimbres. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
    3. "Fregate La Melpomène - 0.90f rouge, orange et vert-noir". Philatélie 72. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
    4. "LA MELPOMÈNE SANS ORANGE". Impressions timbrées. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

    Bibliography

    • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 2. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922. (1870-2006)


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