Begun as Saturne, she was renamed Eylau while still under construction. She was commissioned on 11 March 1809 under Captain Jurien de La Gravière.
In 1811, she was the flagship of Admiral Allemand. The next year she was transferred to Toulon.
After the Bourbon Restoration, she took station in the Caribbean under Captain Larue.
She was eventually broken up in Brest in 1829.