Several

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ships have borne the name HMS ''Proserpine'': Proserpine-Antoine Roux

* was a

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purchased in 1756 and captured by France later that year. * was a

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purchased in 1757 and sold in 1763. * was a

sixth-rate In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a sixth-rate was the designation for small warships mounting between 20 and 28 carriage-mounted guns on a single deck, sometimes with smaller guns on the upper works and ...

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wrecked in a snowstorm on 1 February 1799 on

Scharhörn Sand Scharhörn is an uninhabited island in the North Sea belonging to the city of Hamburg, Germany. The once most important daymark on the North Sea coast, the Scharhörnbake, was maintained here by the City of Hamburg from 1440 to 1979. Geography ...

near Newark Island in the

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with the loss of 14 of her crew. After she had been abandoned, several crew members returned to her and refloated her on 10 February but she grounded again on

Baltrum Baltrum ( nds, Baltrum) is a barrier island off the coast of East Frisia (), in Germany, and is a municipality in the district of Aurich, Lower Saxony. It is located in-between the chain of the seven inhabited East Frisian Islands. Baltrum is th ...

Island. * HMS ''Proserpine'' (1798) was the French frigate ''Bellone'', which captured on 12 October 1798 and which the Royal Navy took into service as a 36-gun

fifth-rate In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a fifth rate was the second-smallest class of warships in a hierarchical system of six " ratings" based on size and firepower. Rating The rating system in the Royal N ...

frigate. She was hulked in 1799 and sold for breaking up in 1806. * was an launched in 1807. While she lay off

Toulon Toulon (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Tolon , , ) is a city on the French Riviera and a large port on the Mediterranean coast, with a major naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, and the Provence province, Toulon is th ...

on 27 February 1809, the French frigates and captured her 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 ...

. * was a 46-gun fifth rate sold in 1860. * was a built in 1896 and scrapped in 1919. * HMS ''Proserpine'', a shore naval base at

Lyness Lyness is a village on the east coast of the island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Walls and Flotta, and is situated at the junction of the B9047 and B9048. During the 1920s Lyness was briefly the headquarters of t ...

Orkney Orkney (; sco, Orkney; on, Orkneyjar; nrn, Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north coast of the island of Great Britain. Orkney is 10 miles (16 km) north ...

used by

Scapa Flow Scapa Flow viewed from its eastern end in June 2009 Scapa Flow (; ) is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray,S. C. George, ''Jutland to Junkyard'', 1973. South Ronaldsay and ...

in World War II.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Proserpine Royal Navy ship names

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