French frigate Danaé (1807)

History
France
Name	Danaé
Namesake	Danaë
Ordered	January 1805
Builder	Genoa - Foce, plans by Jacques-Noël Sané
Laid down	October 1805
Launched	18 August 1807
Acquired	14 June 1810
Stricken	12 March 1811
Fate	Destroyed by explosion 4 September 1812
General characteristics
Class and type	Consolante-class frigate
Displacement	1320 tonnes
Tons burthen	109183⁄94 (bm)
Length	48.75 metres (159.9 ft)
Beam	12.2 metres (40 ft)
Draught	5.9 metres (19 ft)
Propulsion	Sail
Armament	Battery: 28 x  18-pounder guns QD and Fc: 12 x  8-pounder guns
Armour	Timber

The Danaé was a 44-gun Consolante-class frigate of the French Navy.^[1]

On 12 March 1811, she was part of Bernard Dubourdieu's squadron sailing to raid the British commerce raider base of the island of Lissa. The squadron encountered William Hoste's frigate squadron, leading to the Battle of Lissa.

Danaé was damaged by HMS Volage and had to retreat to Lesina for repairs.

In the night of 4 September 1812, she exploded in the harbour of Trieste.^[2]

• (in French) BATAILLE DE LISSA

45°37′0.54″N 13°45′59.91″E / 45.6168167°N 13.7666417°E / 45.6168167; 13.7666417