History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Astrea |
Launched | 1810 |
Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Off Tamatave 20 May 1811"[1] |
Fate | Scrapped 1851 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Apollo-class frigate |
Armament | 36 guns |
HMS Astraea (frequently spelled HMS Astrea) was a Royal Navy 36-gun fifth rate Apollo-class frigate, launched- in 1810 at Northam. She participated in the Battle of Tamatave and in an inconclusive single-ship action with the French frigate Etoile. Astrea was broken up in 1851.