 In April 1809, "Ville de Varsovie" was part of the French Atlantic Fleet blockaded in Basque Roads at the mouth of the Charente on the Biscay coast of France by a Royal Navy squadron.On the afternoon of 12 April, during the Battle of Basque Roads, "Ville de Varsovie" was aground on rocks at low tide in Basque Roads near Charenton when British warships attacked.After two hours of pounding by the British fleet with little chance to fire back, "Ville de Varsovie" surrendered after her crew suffered about 100 casualties, and the British 74-gun third rate ship of the line captured her.