French frigate Proserpine (1809)

Portrait of Proserpine by Antoine Roux, after her capture in the action of 27 February 1809
History
United Kingdom
Name	Proserpine
Namesake	Proserpina
Ordered	4 October 1805
Builder	Thomas Steemson, Paull (near Hull)
Laid down	September 1805
Launched	27 November 1807
Captured	In the action of 27 February 1809
France
Name	Proserpine
Acquired	By capture
Commissioned	1 May 1809
Fate	Broken up 1865-66
General characteristics [1][2]
Class and type	Amphion-class frigate
Displacement	800 tons
Tons burthen	972 17⁄94[1] (bm)
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	HMS: 254[1] French frigate: 319[2] 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
Armour	Timber

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.