Calypso was a 40-gun Gloire-class frigate of the French Navy, built after plans designed by Sané revised by Forfait.

Under Captain Louis-Léon Jacob, she took part in the Battle of Les Sables-d'Olonne, where she sustained very severe damage.

[1] In 1809, she was attached to a three-frigate squadron under Commodore Jurien de La Gravière, on Italienne, along with Cybèle.

Trying to make junction with Willaumez' fleet in Brest, the squadron was intercepted by a British blockade squadron under Rear-Admiral Robert Stopford, comprising the ships of the line HMS Caesar, HMS Defiance.

[1] Unable to effect heavy repairs, Calypso remained stranded in Les Sables-d'Olonne harbour in her battered state,[1] until she was struck from the navy list in January 1813.