HMS Proserpine was a 32-gun Amphion-class frigate built for the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars.

[1] The British sent Proserpine to sail off Toulon to observe and report on the movements of the French fleet.

Captain Bernard Dubourdieu analyzed her patrol pattern, leading the French to send his frigate, Pénélope, accompanied by Pauline, to approach her in the night.

In the ensuing Action of 27 February 1809, Proserpine had her rigging severely damaged; with no hope of escape or rescue, she struck her colours after a one-hour battle that claimed the life of one of her men, and wounded ten others, one mortally.

[3] She served Admiral Ganteaume's Mediterranean squadron for the remainder of the Napoleonic Wars, with a refit in Genoa in 1810.