Faune was a French naval Abeille-class brig-corvette launched in 1804 to a design by François Pestel in 1803.

On 19 July 1805 Faune was part of a squadron of four vessels that captured Blanche off Puerto Rico, three days after they had left Martinique.

[6] About one month later, Faune, still under the command of enseigne de vaisseau Brunet, was carrying dispatches from Fort-de-France to Saint-Nazaire via Saint-Martin-de-Ré.

Goliath sailed east and joined the chase, helping Camilla to capture Faune.

Barton reported that Faune was a new ship, on her first voyage, from Martinique, extremely fast, and would make a good addition to the Royal Navy.