Danaé

Sunk

Type	Frigate
Rate	Fifth rate
Guns	40 guns
War	Napoleonic Wars

40-gun frigate at Lissa. Blew up at Trieste in 1812.

A view of the Battle of Lissa (or Battle of Vis), fought on 13 March 1811 between a combined French and Venetian squadron, commanded by Rear-Admiral Bernard Dubourdieu (1773-1811), and a smaller British squadron, commanded by Captain William Hoste (1780-1828), resulting in a British victory. Napoleo Photo: Robert Havell senior / Daniel Havell / After Thomas Whitcombe, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

Gun deck: 28 × 18-pounder long guns
Quarterdeck and forecastle: 12 × 8-pounder long guns

Builder	Genoa - Foce, plans by Jacques-Noël Sané
Laid down	October 1805
Launched	18 August 1807
Displacement	1320 tonnes
Length	48.75 metres (159.9 ft)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

18 August 1807

Battle of Lissa

Escaped

13 March 1811

Fate

Sunk

Destroyed by explosion 4 September 1812