Built on brand new docks as Zélandais, she was renamed Duquesne following the Bourbon Restoration, on 27 April 1814, while she was still being commissioned.

On 23 March 1815, during the Hundred Days, she was renamed Zélandais, and then Duquesne again on 15 July when Louis XVIII returned on the throne.

On 24 January 1834, she ferried survivors of the wreck of Superbe to Toulon.

The figurehead of Duquesne is on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.

An oil painting in Brest naval museum shows Duquesne as a hulk during the fire of the harbour.