''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), who commanded the

French Navy The French Navy (, , ), informally (, ), is the Navy, maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the four military service branches of History of France, France. It is among the largest and most powerful List of navies, naval forces i ...

'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 (1821–1829), in Navarino Bay (modern Pylos), on the west coast of the Peloponnese peninsula, in the Ionian Sea. Allied ...

, where he commanded the French division. In 1831 she was involved in the events prior to the Battle of the Tagus, but does not appear to have participated in the battle itself. She probably served as a 2-gun transport during the

Crimean War The Crimean War was fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the Second French Empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861), Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont fro ...

. She was struck in 1861. She then served as a coal hulk at Brest until she was broken up in 1871.Winfield and Roberts (2015), p. 107.

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