''Amélie'' was a 46-gun 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 21 October 1809, she sailed from Toulon to escort a convoy bound for Barcelona. Chased by a British squadron under
Collingwood during the
Battle of Maguelone, she managed to escape to Marseille in spite of a broken
bowsprit, and eventually reached Toulon on 3 November.
[Troude, p.58]
On 29 March 1811, she departed Toulon with
''Adrienne'', 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.
At the
Bourbon Restoration Bourbon Restoration may refer to:
France under the House of Bourbon:
* Bourbon Restoration in France (1814, after the French revolution and Napoleonic era, until 1830; interrupted by the Hundred Days in 1815)
Spain under the Spanish Bourbons:
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, she was renamed ''Junon'', effective from 11 April 1814.
She served during the
Spanish expedition under Captain Rosamel, capturing a privateer on 3 March 1823 and fighting off Barcelona.
She served as a transport in Madagascar, then was re-armed in the Mediterranean, before being struck in 1842.
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Age of Sail frigates of France
Pallas-class frigates (1808)
Ships built in France
1808 ships