HMS Astraea (1810)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Astrea
Launched1810
Honours and
awards
Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Off Tamatave 20 May 1811"[1]
FateScrapped 1851
General characteristics
Class and typeApollo-class frigate
Armament36 guns
Plan of an Apollo-class frigate dated 1803

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.

  1. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 244.