French frigate Cornélie (1797)
Introduction The '''''Cornélie''''' was a 40-gun  of the French Navy.In April 1799, along with  and , she fought against  and .On 4 August 1803 ''Cornélie'' sortied from Toulon as part of a squadron of four frigates and some corvettes. ''Cornélie'' captured the schooner  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'''''. She was sold at Havana on 21 October 1815 and broken up.
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