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{{Short description|French Navy warship}}
{{Other ships|French ship Junon}}
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|Ship image=La-Junon 1775-1780.jpg
|Ship caption=Painting of ''Junon''
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|Ship country=France
|Ship flag=[[Image:Flag of the Kingdom of France (1814-1830).svg|50px|French Royal Navy Ensign]]
|Ship name=''Junon''
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|Ship builder=Le Havre<ref name="roche269">Roche, p.269</ref>
|Ship laid down=January 1747<ref name="roche269" />
|Ship launched=September 1747<ref name="roche269" />
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|Ship in service=January 1748<ref name="roche269" />
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|Ship fate=Ran aground and sold for scrap in December 1757<ref name="roche269" />
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|Ship tons burthen=780 tons<ref name="roche269" />
|Ship length={{cvt|44.6|m|ftin}}<ref name="roche269" />
|Ship beam={{cvt|12.2|m|ftin}}<ref name="roche269" />
|Ship draught={{cvt|5.7|m|ftin}}<ref name="roche269" />
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|Ship armament=*40 to 44 guns
* 24 [[18-pounder long gun]]s<ref name="roche269" />
* 24 [[12-pounder long gun]]s<ref name="roche269" />
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'''''Junon''''' was a 40-gun two-decker ship-[[frigate]] of the [[French Navy]].

== Design ==
''Junon'' was designed by engineer Chaillé, in an attempt to design a ship combining the firepower of a ship of the line with the nautical qualities of a frigate;<ref name="roche269" /> in effect she was a precursor of the 24-pounder frigates inaugurated in the late 18th century with the French frigate {{sclass|French frigate|Forte|1794|2}}, systemised by the Americans with the heavy [[Original six frigates of the United States Navy]], and perfected in the 19th century with the French two-decker 60-gun frigates of the {{sclass|Surveillante|frigate|4}}.

For this purpose, ''Junon''{{'}}s hull was given a "fish-like" shape, with a wide beam at the bow of the ship, and a tighter aft. The design proved to provide poor sailing qualities: ''Junon'' had to be weighted with iron ingots for her stability, and lost six 18-pounders of her lower battery and several guns of her upper gundeck.<ref name="roche269" />

== Career ==
In 1752, she departed Toulon for a campaign off Tripoli, under Captain du Revest.<ref name="roche269" /> In 1756, she took part in the [[Battle of Minorca (1756)|Battle of Minorca]] under Captain Beaussier de la Chaulame.<ref name="roche269" /> In January 1757, ''Junon'' sustained serious accidental damage in Port Mahon, and was used as a hulk there. In June, she ran aground, and was found to be in such bad shape that she was struck. She was sold for scrap on the spot in December.<ref name="roche269" />

==Citations==
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==References==
* {{cite book|first=Jean-Michel|last=Roche|year=2005|title=Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours|isbn=978-2-9525917-0-6|oclc=165892922|publisher=Group Retozel-Maury Millau|volume=1}}

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