HMS Medusa

HMS Medusa was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy that served in the Napoleonic Wars. Launched on 14 April 1801, she took part in the action of 5 October 1804 against a Spanish squadron, in the River Plate Expedition in 1807, and made several captures of enemy ships, before being converted to a hospital ship in 1813. She was broken up in 1816.

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1801 — 1816 Wikimedia, Wikidata
fifth-rate frigate, Amphion-class frigate, Royal Navy,

Three Decks page^@

Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

1801-01-01T00:00:00Z

1816-01-01T00:00:00Z

1801 — 1816 HMS Medusa

1803-01-01T00:00:00Z

Napoleonic Wars

1800-04-01T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1801-04-25T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1813-11-17T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1801-04-14T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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Frameless

Sir Graham Moore's Action, Octr 5th 1804 RMG PU5683

Four frigates capturing Spanish treasure ships

John Thomas Serres - The blowing up of the Spanish Frigate Mercedes at the Battle of Cape Santa Maria, 1804

The sinking of the Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes

HMS Amphion (ship, 1798) RMG PU5683 (cropped)

The sinking of the Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes

HMS Medusa (1801) (cropped)

Voladura de La Mercedes

Type	Subtype	Description	Source

link	page	Three Decks page^@	Wikidata
commons	image	Sir Graham Moore's Action, Octr 5th 1804 RMG PU5683	Commons
commons	image	Four frigates capturing Spanish treasure ships	Commons
commons	image	John Thomas Serres - The blowing up of the Spanish Frigate Mercedes at the Battle of Cape Santa Maria, 1804	Commons
commons	image	The sinking of the Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes	Commons
commons	image	HMS Amphion (ship, 1798) RMG PU5683 (cropped)	Commons
commons	image	The sinking of the Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes	Commons
commons	image	HMS Medusa (1801) (cropped)	Commons
commons	image	Voladura de La Mercedes	Commons

HMS Medusa

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