Corona was initially built in Venice for the navy of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, using French plans.

Under Captain Nicolò Pasqualigo she served as part of the Franco-Italian squadron operating in the Adriatic in 1811 under Commodore Bernard Dubourdieu.

In 1847 the Admiralty authorized the issuance of the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Lissa" to the still living survivors of the battle.

[1] In October 1812 she was finally readied for sea under Captain Murray Maxwell,[3] fresh from his own victory in the Adriatic.

[3] On 1 July 1813 Daedalus was escorting a number of East Indiamen off Ceylon near Pointe de Galle.