French frigate Junon (1786)
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| Name: | Junon |
| Namesake: | Juno |
| Ordered: | 30 October 1781 |
| Builder: | Toulon shipyard |
| Laid down: | 10 February 1782 |
| Launched: | 14 August 1782 |
| Commissioned: | 2 May 1786 |
| Renamed: | Andromache in 1812 |
| Captured: | By HMS Bellona at the Action of 18 June 1799 |
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| Name: | HMS Princess Charlotte |
| Acquired: | Captured at the Action of 18 June 1799 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Minerve class frigate |
| Displacement: | 700 tonnes |
| Length: | 46.1 metres |
| Beam: | 11.7 metres |
| Draught: | 5.5 metres |
| Sail plan: | Ship-rigged |
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| Armour: | Timber |
Junon was a 40-gun Minerve class frigate of the French Navy.
Junon was commissioned in the French Navy under Captain d'Ettry on 2 May 1786. She took part in the naval review given to honour Louis XVI in Cherbourg on 24 June 1786.
In late 1790, under Lieutenant Villeneuve d'Esclapon, she prepared to sail from Toulon, but never departed. In June 1792, Junon escorted merchantmen from Toulon into the Atlantic Ocean under Lieutenant Terras de Rodeillac.
In December 1792, she ferried Ambassador Sémonville to Constantinople, before returning to cruise off Sardinia, notably supporting the landing of French troops on 14 January 1793.
From 26 August 1793, she was under the command of Lieutenant Le Duey, in Marseille. From there, she escorted a convoy of merchantmen to Toulon, sailed to cruise in the Mediterranean and the Gulf of Antibes, conducted reconnaissance off the coasts of Provence, and returned to Toulon. Lieutenant Villeneuve d'Esclapon replaced Le Duey on 25 December 1793; Villeneuve was promoted to Captain before 16 August 1794.
From August 1795 to January 1796, Junon cruised in consort with Sérieuse in the Mediterranean.
In the fleet of Toulon, Junon took part in the Mediterranean campaign of 1798, running aground upon her arrival at Abukir. After having been repaired in Alexandria, Junon, under Captain Pourquier, became part of the Syrian naval station under Rear-admiral Perrée. She ferried artillery and ammunition of the French Army besieging Acre.
A British squadron under Captain John Markham in HMS Centaur captured Junon in the Action of 18 June 1799 as Perrée's squadron attempted to return to Toulon. The Royal Navy recommissioned her as the 38-gun fifth rate HMS Princess Charlotte.
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