Name Cornélie Renamed Cornelia Class and type Virginie class frigate Length 47 m Draft 5.5 m | Name Cornélie Captured 1808 Displacement 720 tonnes Weight 720 tons | |
The Cornélie was a 40-Gun Virginie class frigate of the French Navy.
In April 1799, along with Vengeance and Sémillante, she fought against HMS St Fiorenzo and Amelia.
On 4 August 1803 Cornélie sortied from Toulon as part of a squadron of four frigates and some corvettes. Cornélie captured the schooner HMS Redbreast and the water transport that Redbreast was escorting from Malta to Admiral Nelson's fleet.
She took part in the Battle of Cape Finisterre and in the Battle of Trafalgar.
On 14 June 1808, The Spanish captured a French squadron at Cádiz that included Cornélie. The Spaniards then brought her into Spanish service as Cornelia.
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French frigate Cornélie (1797) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA