Sirène was launched in 1823 as a Vestale-class frigate, which owed their design to Pail Filhon. In 1825 she was under the command of capitaine de vaisseau Marie Henri Daniel Gauthier, comte de Rigny,
La Sirène at the Battle of Navarino, 20 Oct 1827, drawn by George Philip Reinagle on HMS Mosquito