HMS Circe was a Royal Navy 32-gun fifth-rate frigate, built by Master Shipwright Joseph Tucker at Plymouth Dockyard, and launched in 1804.

[2] She served in the Caribbean during the Napoleonic Wars, and participated in an action and a campaign for which in 1847 in the Admiralty authorised the issuance of the Naval General Service Medal with clasps.

The action, off the Pearl Rock, near Saint-Pierre, Martinique, was a debacle that cost Circe dearly.

Next, Circe was among the British ships sharing in the capture on 20 October 1807 of the Danish schooner Danske Patriot.

In March Pigot took command of a landing party made up of seamen and marines from Circe, Cerberus and Camilla.

Still, after an engagement of no more than 15 minutes, Circe captured the French brig Palinure, which was under the command of M. Fourniers.

[19] Nine days later, Amaranthe, Circe, Cherub, Epervier and Unique captured the American ships Bonetta and Mary and Allen.

Circe sent in her boats, which the French repelled, causing her 56 casualties, dead, wounded and missing.

[22] That evening Amaranthe, under the command of Captain Edward Pelham Brenton, joined Circe and Stork.

For her part Amaranthe lost one man killed and five wounded due to fire from shore batteries.

Including the losses in the earlier fighting before Amaranthe arrived, the British had lost some 12 men killed, 31 wounded, and 26 missing (drowned or prisoners) for little gain.

Circe, Nimrod, and Cygnet shared in the proceeds of the American schooner Minerva, forward from Saint Christoper.

[25] In April 1809, a strong French squadron arrived at the Îles des Saintes, south of Guadeloupe.

There they were blockaded until 14 April, when a British force under Major-General Frederick Maitland and Captain Philip Beaver in Acasta, invaded and captured the islands.

[f] Circe was also among the vessels sharing in the prize money from Pompee's capture of the D'Hautpoul on 17 April.

Circe was among the vessels listed as having participated in the ill-fated Walcheren Campaign that took place between 30 July and 10 August.

The Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy offered the "Circe, of 32 guns and 670 tons", lying at Portsmouth, for sale on 11 August 1814.