First named Glorieux, she was renamed on 23 February 1807. In 1809, under Captain Mequet, she departed Lorient with Troude's squadron, bound for the Caribbean. The squadron also comprised Hautpoult and Courageux. On 29 March, the ships arrived at the Saintes and landed reinforcements. On 29 May, Polonais and Courageux reached Cherbourg, along with seven prizes captured on the way. Hautpoult had been captured in the Action of 14–17 April 1809. From 1822, she was used as a storing hulk, and she was broken up in Brest the 1825.