The ''Adrienne'' was a 46-gun
frigate
A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat.
The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...
of the
French Navy
The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ...
.
On 29 March 1811, she departed Toulon with
''Amélie'', escorting the storeship
''Dromadaire'' carrying 8 tonnes of gunpowder and ammunition to
Corfu
Corfu (, ) or Kerkyra ( el, Κέρκυρα, Kérkyra, , ; ; la, Corcyra.) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The isl ...
. Two days later, the ships ran across a British squadron comprising
HMS ''Unite'' and
HMS ''Ajax''. ''Dromadaire'' was captured, while the frigates managed to escape to
Portoferraio.
She was renamed to ''Aurore'' on 11 April 1814, to ''Dauphine'' on 5 September 1829, and to ''Aurore'' again on 9 August 1830.
Sources and references
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Adrienne (1809)
Age of Sail frigates of France
Pallas-class frigates (1808)
1809 ships
Ships built in France