title: French ship Proserpine
text: # French ship Proserpine
  
  Five ships of the French Navy have borne the name of Proserpine, in honour of Proserpina.
  
  ## French ships named Proserpine
  
  * French ship Proserpine (1697), a bomb ship, lead ship of her class
  * French ship Proserpine (1756), a fireship
  * French frigate Proserpine (1785), a Hébé-class frigate captured by the Royal Navy in the action of 13 June 1796 and taken in British service as HMS Amelia
  * French ship Proserpine (1797), a Venetian galley
  * French frigate Proserpine (1809), an Amphion-class frigate captured from the Royal Navy in the action of 27 February 1809
  * HMS "Amelia" Chasing the French Frigate "Aréthuse" 1813. Painted in 1852 by John Christian Schetky, representing Proserpine (1785) after her capture by the Royal Navy
  * Portrait of Proserpine (1809) by Antoine Roux, after her capture in the action of 27 February 1809 (the mizzen-mast was actually cut away three metres above the deck)
  