''Sirène'' (or ''Syrène'') was launched in 1823 as a ''Vestale''-class frigate, which owed their design to Pail Filhon. In 1825 she was under the command of ''capitaine de vaisseau'' (later ''contre-amiral'') Marie Henri Daniel Gauthier, comte de Rigny (

Henri de Rigny Marie Henri Daniel Gauthier, comte de Rigny (; 2 February 1782 – 6 November 1835) was the commander of the French squadron at the Battle of Navarino in the Greek War of Independence. Biography Family He was a nephew of Baron Joseph Domini ...

), who commanded 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 ...

's Levant Division. ''Sirène'' was Admiral Henri de Rigny's flagship at the

Battle of Navarino The Battle of Navarino was a naval battle fought on 20 October (O. S. 8 October) 1827, during the Greek War of Independence (1821–29), in Navarino Bay (modern Pylos), on the west coast of the Peloponnese peninsula, in the Ionian Sea. Allied fo ...

, where he commanded the French division. In 1831 she was involved in the events prior to the

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, but does not appear to have participated in the battle itself. She probably served as a 2-gun transport during the

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. She was struck in 1861. She then served as a coal hulk at

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until she was broken up in 1871.Winfield and Roberts (2015), p. 107.

Citations and references

;Citations ;References * *Winfield, Rif & Stephen S Roberts (2015) ''French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786 - 1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates''. (Seaforth Publishing). Sirène 1823 ships {{France-stub