Built as a 60-gun frigate carrying a main 24-pounder battery, "Artémise" was armed en flûte in 1830 for the Expédition d'Alger and used as a troop ship. In 1832, she took part in the Battle of Ancona, ferrying troops along with "Suffren" and "Victoire". She served as a transport in the Mediterranean and to Alger in the next years.