French frigate Pauline (1807)

The Pauline was a 44-gun Hortense class frigate of the French Navy.

On 27 February 1809, along Pénélope, she captured the 32-gun HMS Proserpine.

In October 1809, she sailed from Toulon to escort a convoy bound for Barcelona. Chased by a British squadron under Collingwood, and sailing with Borée, she managed to repel and escape HMS Tigre and HMS Leviathan, and returned to Toulon after Amélie joined up.

Pauline was then used for convoy escort in the Mediterranean. She took part in the Action of 29 November 1811, fleeing the battle while the Pomone and the smaller Persanne were captured by the British. Her commanding officer, Captain François-Gilles Montfort, was subsentquently court-martialled and relieved of command.

On 11 April 1814, she was renamed Bellone. She took part in the landing at Sidi Ferruch during the Invasion of Algiers in 1830, and used as a ferry the following years.

Sources and references

 * HMS Ambuscade website
 * HMS Ambuscade website