French frigate Junon (1778)


Capture of HMS Fox
Career (France)
Name: Junon
Builder: Rochefort
Laid down: September 1777
Launched: March 1778
In service: May 1778
Captured: October 1780
Fate: Wrecked by a typhoon on 11 October 1780
General characteristics
Class and type: Charmante class frigate
Tons burthen: 540 tonnes
Length: 44.2 metres
Beam: 11.2 metres
Draught: 5.4 metres
Armament: 32 guns

The Junon was a 32-gun Charmante class frigate of the French Navy

She took part in the Battle of Ushant under Admiral d'Orvilliers. She captured HMS Fox on 11 September 1778.

On 17 August 1779, under captain Charles de Bernard de Marigny and along with Gentille, she captured HMS Ardent. On 13 September, under lieutenant Kergariou Locmaria, she captured HMS Rover.

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