The Persanne was a 24-gun Mérinos class transport of the French Navy

French Navy

The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...

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On 29 November 1811, Pauline ferried a cargo of 201 bronze and iron cannon, 220 iron wheels for gun carriages and numerous other military stores from Corfu to Trieste, escorted by frigates Pomone

French frigate Pomone (1805)

The Pomone was a 40-gun Hortense-class frigate of the French Navy, built at Genoa for the puppet government of the Ligurian Republic, which was annexed as part of France in June 1805, a month after the Pomone was completed...

 and Pauline

French frigate Pauline (1807)

The Pauline was a 44-gun Hortense class frigate of the French Navy.On 27 February 1809, along with Dubourdieu's Pénélope, she captured the 32-gun HMS Proserpine ....

. The convoy was intercepted by Royal Navy Captain Murray Maxwell

Murray Maxwell

Captain Sir Murray Maxwell, CB, FRS was a British Royal Navy officer who served with distinction in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, particularly during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars...

's squadron of three frigates. In the ensuing Action of 29 November 1811

Action of 29 November 1811

The Action of 29 November 1811 was a minor naval engagement fought between two frigate squadrons in the Adriatic Sea during the Adriatic campaign of the Napoleonic Wars. The action was one of a series of operations conducted by the British Royal Navy and the French Navy to contest dominance over...

, Persanne fought gallantly for four hours before being captured. Pomone was also taken, while Pauline fled.

She was afterwards sold to the Bey of Tunis.