The ''Pénélope'' was a 44-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 ...

. Commissioned under Captain

Bernard Dubourdieu Bernard Dubourdieu (28 April 1773 – 13 March 1811) was a French rear-admiral who led the allied French-Venetian forces at the Battle of Lissa in 1811, during which he was killed. Life A native of Bayonne, Dubourdieu started sailing on a mer ...

in November 1806, ''Pénélope'' served in the Atlantic for some months. On 21 January 1808, along with , she departed Bordeaux for a cruise to Toulon. They arrived on 28 March, having captured 12 British prizes en route, including the privateer ''Sirene''. On 1 January 1809, command of ''Pénélope'' was transferred to Captain Simonot. In the

action of 27 February 1809 The action of 27 February 1809 was a minor naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars. Two 44-gun frigates, ''Pénélope'' and ''Pauline'', sortied from Toulon harbour to chase a British frigate, HMS ''Proserpine'', which was conduc ...

, she and captured . ''Pénélope'' later took part in the action of 5 November 1813. ''Pénélope'' was decommissioned at the

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, on 31 August 1815, and was sold for scrap in 1828.

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* Age of Sail frigates of France 1806 ships Armide-class frigates Ships built in France {{France-mil-ship-stub