French frigate Proserpine (1809)

HMS Proserpine was a 32-gun Amphion-class frigate built for the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. The French Navy captured her off Toulon about a year after her commissioning and took her into service as Proserpine. She served in various capacities such as a frigate, troopship, hospital ship, and prison hulk until 1865.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Proserpine and French ship Proserpine.
Portrait of Proserpine by Antoine Roux, after her capture in the action of 27 February 1809
History
United Kingdom
NameProserpine
NamesakeProserpina
Ordered4 October 1805
BuilderThomas Steemson, Paull (near Hull)
Laid downSeptember 1805
Launched27 November 1807
CapturedIn the action of 27 February 1809
France
NameProserpine
AcquiredBy capture
Commissioned1 May 1809
FateBroken up 1865-66
General characteristics
Class and typeAmphion-class frigate
Displacement800 tons
Tons burthen972 17⁄94 (bm)
PropulsionSail
Complement
  • HMS: 254
  • French frigate: 319
  • transport: 110 men
Armament
  • HMS
  • Upper deck: 26 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD
  • 4 × 6-pounder guns
  • 2 × 24-pounder guns (post-1800: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 6 × 24-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 24-pounder carronades
  • French frigate
  • 28 × 18-pounder long guns + 12 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 36-pounder carronades
  • 1828
  • Upper deck:26 × 18-pounder guns
  • Spar deck: 16 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 ×18-pounder guns
ArmourTimber
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