The Manche was a 40-gun Hortense Class frigate of the French Navy. She took part in operations at Île de France under Captain François-Désiré Breton. Under Captain Jean Dornal de Guy, Manche captured the 16 gun brig-sloop HMS Seaflower on 27 September 1808 near Bengkulu. On 26 April 1809, she departed Port-Napoléon in a squadron under Captain Hamelin, along with Créole and Vénus. The squadron managed to re-take Foulpointe in Madagascar, captured three prizes at the Action of 18 November 1809, and raided the British settlement at Tarapouly, in Sumatra.