French frigate Adrienne (1809)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Aurore.

The Adrienne was a Pallas-class 46-gun frigate of the French Navy.

Clorinde, sister-ship of French frigate Adrienne (1809)
History
France
Name	Adrienne
Namesake	Adrienne Bonaparte, sister of Napoleon who died in her infancy
Builder	Toulon
Launched	15 November 1809
Fate	Broken up in 1849
General characteristics
Class and type	Pallas-class frigate
Displacement	1,080 tonnes
Length	46.93 m (154 ft 0 in)
Beam	11.91 m (39 ft 1 in)
Draught	5.9 m (19 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	1,950 m2 (21,000 sq ft) of sail
Complement	326
Armament	Nominally 40 guns In practice carried either 44 or 46 guns: Battery: 28 18-pounders Quarterdeck & forecastle: 8 × 8-pounder long guns 8 × 36-pounder carronades or 12 × 18-pounder carronades

On 29 March 1811, she departed Toulon with Amélie, escorting the storeship Dromadaire carrying 8 tonnes of gunpowder and ammunition to Corfu. Two days later, the ships ran across a British squadron comprising HMS Unite and HMS Ajax. Dromadaire was captured, while the frigates managed to escape to Portoferraio.

She was renamed to Aurore on 11 April 1814, to Dauphine on 5 September 1829, and to Aurore again on 9 August 1830.

Sources and references

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). "ADRIENNE - Frégate de 46 canons (1809 - 1849)". Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. Toulon: Roche. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.