.jpg) Indefatigable joining her squadron offshore, circa 1800,John Thomas Serres | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Great Britain | |
| Name | HMSIndefatigable |
| Ordered | 3 August 1780 |
| Builder | Henry Adams,Bucklers Hard |
| Laid down | May 1781 |
| Launched | July 1784 |
| Commissioned | December 1794 |
| Honours & awards |
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| Fate | Broken up at Chatham, March 1816 |
| Notes | Razeed to 44 guns between September 1794 and February 1795 |
| General characteristics[4] | |
| Class & type | Ardent-classship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1384+3⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 44 ft 5 in (13.5 m) |
| Depth of hold | 19 ft (5.8 m) (as frigate, 13 ft 3 in (4.0 m)) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 310 officers and men (as frigate) |
| Armament |
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HMSIndefatigable was one of theArdent-class 64-gunthird-rate ships-of-the-line designed by SirThomas Slade in 1761 for the Royal Navy. She was built as a ship-of-the-line, but most of her active service took place after her conversion to a 44-gunrazeefrigate. She had a long career under several distinguished commanders, serving throughout theFrench Revolutionary Wars and theNapoleonic Wars. She took some 27prizes, alone or in company, and the Admiralty authorised the issue of four clasps to the Naval General Service Medal in 1847 to any surviving members of her crews from the respective actions.[1][2][3] She was broken up in 1816.
Indefatigable was ordered on 3 August 1780 (long after Slade's death), and herkeel was laid down in May 1781 at theBucklers Hard shipyard inHampshire owned by Henry Adams. She was launched in early July 1784[5] and completed from 11 July to 13 September of that year atPortsmouth Dockyard as a 64-gun two-decked third rate for theRoyal Navy. She had cost£25,210 4s 5d to build; her total initial cost including fitting out andcoppering was £36,154 18s 7d.[5] By that time, she was already anachronistic for the role of a ship of the line as the French only built the more powerful 74-gun ships,[6] and was never commissioned in that role.[5]
In 1794, she wasrazéed; her uppergun deck was cut away to convert her into a large and heavily armed frigate. The original intention was to retain her twenty-six 24-pounder guns on her gundeck, and to mount eight 12-pounder guns on her quarterdeck and a further four on her forecastle, which would have rated her as a 38-gun vessel. However, it was at this time that thecarronade was becoming more popular in the Navy, and her intended armament was altered on 5 December 1794 with the addition of four 42-pounder carronades to go on her quarterdeck and two on her forecastle.Indefatigable was thereafter rated as a 44-gun fifth-rate frigate, along withMagnanime andAnson, which were converted at about the same time.[7] The work was carried out at Portsmouth from September 1794 to February 1795 at a cost of £8,764.[5] On 17 February 1795, a further two 12-pounder guns were added to her quarterdeck, though her official rating remained unchanged.[7]
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Indefatigable was first commissioned in December 1794 under Captain SirEdward Pellew. He commanded her until early 1799.[5]
On 9 March 1795,Indefatigable,Concorde, andJason captured numerous French prizes:Temeraire,Minerve,Gentille,Regeneration, and a brig and sloop of unknown names.[8] In October, the DutchEast IndiamanZeelilee was wrecked in theIsles of Scilly with the loss of 25 of her 70 crew.Indefatigable rescued the survivors.[9]
On 20 March 1796,Indefatigable and her squadron chased three French corvettes, of which theVolage of 26 guns ran ashore under a battery at the mouth of theLoire.[10]Volage lost her masts in running ashore, but the French were later able to refloat her. Her two consortsSagesse andEclatant escaped into the river. In this action,Amazon had four men wounded.[10]
Between 11 and 21 MarchIndefatigable's squadron captured the vesselsFavorite Sultana,Friends,Providence,Four Marys,Aimable Justine, andNouvelle Union. They also destroyed two unnamedbrigs and achasse maree.[10] The vessels sharing in theprize money were:Indefatigable,Concorde,Révolutionnaire,Amazon,Argo, and the hired armed cutterDolly and hired armed luggerDuke of York.[11]
On 13 April 1796,Indefatigable was in pursuit of a French frigate. Pellew signalled toRévolutionnaire to cut her off from the shore.Révolutionnaire then captured the French frigateUnité after having fired two broadsides into her.Unité had nine men killed and 11 wounded;Révolutionnaire had no casualties.[12] The Royal Navy took the frigate into service as HMSUnite.
On the morning of 20 April 1796,Indefatigable sighted the French 44-gun frigateVirginie off the Lizard.[13]Indefatigable,Amazon, andConcorde chasedVirginie, withIndefatigable catching her just after midnight on 21 April after a chase of 15 hours and 168 miles (270 km).[13] After an hour and three quarters of fighting, she still had notstruck and had somewhat outmaneuveredIndefatigable whenConcorde arrived. Seeing that she was outnumbered,Virginie struck.[13]
Virginie carried 44 guns, 18 and 9-pounders, and had a crew of 340 men under the command of Citizen Bergeret, Capitaine de Vaisseau.[13] She had 14 or 15 men killed, 17 badly wounded, and 10 slightly. She also had four feet of water in her hold from shot holes.[13]Indefatigable had no casualties. Pellew sentVirginie into Plymouth under the escort ofConcorde, and followed the next day withAmazon, which had sustained some damage.[13] The Royal Navy tookVirginie into service asVirginie.
In July 1796, there was an initial distribution of £20,000 of prize money for the capture ofUnite andVirginie.Indefatigable shared this withAmazon,Révolutionnaire,Concorde, andArgo.[14] Apparently,Duke of York also shared in some or all of the prize money.[15] In 1847, the Admiralty authorised the issue of the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Indefatigable 20 Apl. 1796".[1]
On 12 June,Indefatigable,Amazon,Concorde,Revolutionaire, andPhoebe took two French brigs offUshant – theTrois Couleurs and theBlonde (aliasBetsey) – after a chase of 24 hours.Trois Couleurs carried 10 guns and a crew of 70.[a]Blonde had 16 guns and a crew of 95 men.[b] Each was under the command of anensign de vaisseau and both vessels had leftBrest two days earlier for a six-week cruise, but had not yet taken any prizes.[19][20]
In September 1796,Indefatigable,Phoebe,Révolutionnaire, andAmazon captured five Spanish ships.[21]
On 1 October,Indefatigable,Amazon,Révolutionnaire,Phoebe, andJason shared in the capture of theVrow Delenea Maria.[22] The next day, Pellew andIndefatigable captured the privateer schoonerAriel of Boston off Corunna.[23] Earlier, Pellew had recaptured the brigQueen of Naples, which had been sailing from Lisbon to Cork. From her, he learned that there were two privateers around Corunna, one of which had captured a brig from Lisbon with a cargo of bale goods two days earlier.[23] Pellew immediately set off towards Corunna and was able to intercept theAriel. She had 12 guns and a crew of 75 men. She was 14 days out of Bordeaux.[23] Her consort, the schoonerVengeur, was of the same strength, and Pellew yet hoped to catch her, too. The brig from Bristol, however, had made it into the port ofFerrol, where Pellew had earlier chased two French frigates.[23]
In January 1797,Indefatigable andAmazon captured thepacketSangossee.[24] On 7 January,Indefatigable andAmazon captured theEmanuel.[22] Later that month,Indefatigable fought her most famous battle.
TheAction of 13 January 1797 was an engagement off thePenmarks involving the two frigatesIndefatigable andAmazon against the FrenchDroits de l'Homme, a74-gun ship of the line.[25] The battle ended withDroits de l'Homme being driven onto shore in a gale.Amazon also ran onto the shore; still, almost her entire crew survived both the battle and the grounding and were captured. Despite being embayed and having damaged masts and rigging,Indefatigable was able to repair the damage and beat off thelee shore, showing excellent seamanship. She had only 19 officers and men wounded, with most of those not being serious.[25] This action resulted the award of the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Indefatigable 13 Jany. 1797" for any crew surviving in 1847.[1]
On 18 JanuaryIndefatigable was at Falmouth. There she saved all on board when a fire destroyed the American merchantmanIndian Chief.
Subsequently,Indefatigable or Pellew's squadron took more vessels, including privateers, primarily in the Channel. Thus, Pellew reported that, on 30 April 1797, "we" captured the Frenchbrigantine privateerBasque. She was armed with eight guns and carried a crew of 50 men.[26]
On 11 May,Indefatigable in company withPhoebe,Cleopatra,Childers, andDuke of York capturedNouvelle Eugénie. She was a razee privateer of 16 guns and carried a crew of 120 men. She was four days out of Nantes on a 30-day cruise, but had taken no prizes.[27] The Royal Navy took her into service asHMS Eugenie.
On 21 July, theDuke of York returned, having chased a French privateer lugger into the hands of Lieutenant Bray, who commanded the Revenue CutterHind.Hind also recaptured a sloop that the privateer had captured. The lugger was armed with two guns and carried a crew of 25 men.[28]
On 14 October,Indefatigable arrived at Teneriffe. There at midnight she captured the French brig corvetteRanger.Ranger was armed with 14 guns and carried a crew of 70 men. She had been carrying dispatches to the West Indies, which she was able to destroy before capture.[29] The next day, Pellew captured a Spanish schooner carrying a cargo of fish.Indefatigable was short of water, so he put the crew ofRanger on board the schooner (though notRanger's officers) and sent them ashore at Santa Cruz.[29]
Ten days after that,Indefatigable captured the privateerHyène after a chase of eight hours.[29] She was armed with twenty-four 9-pounder guns and had a crew of 230 men. She was two weeks out of Bayonne but had not captured anything.[29]Hyène had apparently mistakenIndefatigable for a vessel from Portuguese India. Pellew estimated that, had she not lost her foretopmast in the chase, she might have escaped.[29] She had been thepost-shipHyaena until her capture in 1793; the Royal Navy took her back into service under her original name.[30]
Indefatigable returned to the Channel. On 11 January 1798, she was in company withCambrian andChilders when they captured the French privateer schoonerVengeur.[31]Vengeur was a new vessel of 12 guns and 72 men. She was eight days out ofOstend but had taken no prizes. Pellew sent her into Falmouth.[31]
Five days later, in the evening of the 16th, Pellew's squadron captured the French privateerInconcevable.[31] She was armed with eight guns and had a crew of 55 men. She was 10 days out of Dunkirk and had taken nothing.[31] Prize money was paid toIndefatigable,Cambrian, andSuccess.[32]
On 28 January,Indefatigable andCambrian captured the privateerHeureuse Nouvelle. She was armed with 22 guns and had a crew of 130 men. She was 36 days out of Brest and, during that time, had captured only one ship, a large American vessel named theProvidence which had a cargo of cotton and sugar. Pellew sentCambrian in pursuit.[33]Duke of York also shared in the capture.[32]
On 30 April 1798,Indefatigable captured the brigantine privateerBasque. She was armed with eight guns and had a crew of 50 men.[26]Indefatigable andCleopatra captured theHope on 11 July.[34]
At daylight on 4 August,Indefatigable sighted the privateerHeureux together with a prize and gave chase.[35] The two separated, with the prize heading directly for Bayonne. After a chase of 32 hours on a great circular route,Indefatigable and her quarry found themselves off Bayonne whereIndefatigable intercepted the prize and captured her. The privateer was theHeureux, of 16 guns and 112 men.[35] Her prize was theCanada, John Sewell Master, which had been sailing from Jamaica to London, having stopped in Charlestown, with a cargo of sugar, rum, and coffee.[35] Pellew exchanged prisoners, taking off the crew of theCanada and putting on her the crew ofHeureux. He then droveCanada on shore where he hoped that her cargo at least would be destroyed.[35]
Indefatigable captured the French corvetteVaillante while cruising in the Bay of Biscay on 8 August, after a chase of 24 hours, which was under the command of Lieutenant de Vaisseau La Porte.[36] The corvette fired a few shots before she struck. She was armed with twenty-two 9-pounder guns and had a crew of 175 men. She had left Rochefort on 1 August, and theÎle de Ré on the 4th, where she had picked up 25 banished priests, 27 convicts, and a Madame Rovere and family, all of whom she was taking to Cayenne. She was only 18 months old, coppered, and a fast sailer. The British took her into service asDanae.[37] On 15 November 1798,Indefatigable capturedMercurius.[38]
At dawn on 31 December 1798,Indefatigable captured theMinerve, fiveleagues off Ushant.[39] She was armed with 16 guns and carried a crew of 140 men. She was four weeks out of Saint-Malo and was waiting to enter Brest when captured. She had taken several prizes, one of which, theAsphalon,Indefatigable captured on 1 January 1799.[39]Aspahalon, a Newcastle vessel, had been sailing from Halifax to London with a cargo of sugar, coffee, and tobacco. Other vessels whichMinerve had captured includedMartinus (Bremen brig),Tagus (Portuguese brig ),Minerva (Englishsnow), andAnn and Dorothea (akaBeata Maria, Danish schooner).[39]
On 14 January 1799,Indefatigable recapturedArgo, Rich, master, which had been sailing from Gothenburg for Boston when a French privateer had captured her. After her recaptureArgo arrived at Falmouth.[40][38]
More captures or recaptures of merchantmen followed.Indefatigable,Melpomene, andNymphe recaptured theProvidence on 10 January 1799, thePomona on 5 February, and theWohlfarden on 9 February.[41][c]
From March 1799 until the end of 1800Indefatigable was under the command of CaptainHenry Curzon.[5] On 31 May she captured the brigVénus.[42]Venus was armed with twelve 4-pounder guns and two 9-pounders, and carried a crew of 101 men. She was nine weeks out of Rochefort and had captured two prizes, the schoonerClarence, sailing from Lisbon to London, and a ship from Lisbon sailing to Hamburg with a cargo of salt.[42]Indefatigable was apparently also in company withFisgard andDiamond.[43]
On 9 October 1799Indefatigable,Diamond,Cambrian,Stag,Nymphe andCerberus shared in the capture of the Spanish brigNostra Senora de la Solidad.[44] Then on 7 NovemberNymphe,Indefatigable andDiamond shared in the recapture of the shipBrailsford.[45]
Then on 6 January 1800Indefatigable shared withDefiance,Unicorn,Sirius andStag in the capture of the French brigUrsule.[46] On 11 FebruaryIndefatigable captured theVidette.[47]
On 12 June 1800,Indefatigable captured the French privateer brigVengeur. She was armed with six long 4-pounders and ten 18-pounder carronades, and carried a crew of 102 men. She was two days out of Bordeaux and sailing for the coast of Brazil.Vengeur was sailing in company with threeletters of marque – a ship, a brig and a schooner – that were bound for Guadeloupe. On 11 JuneVengeur had captured the Jersey-privateer luggerSnake.[48][d]Indefatigable shared the prize money withSirius.[49]
On 3 JulyIndefatigable recaptured the brigCultivator, from the French.[50] Eleven days later,Indefatigable andSirius captured the French shipFavori.[47] The next dayBordelais (orBourdelois) captured thePhoenix.Indefatigable,Sirius andBoadicea shared withBordelais by agreement, andShannon further shared withBordelais.[51]
Indefatigable then was with SirJohn Borlase Warren's squadron atFerrol. She apparently did not participate in the attack on a fort at the bay of Playa de Dominos (Doniños) on 25 August 1800.
On 22 OctoberIndefatigable, took the French 28-gun frigateVénus off the Portuguese coast.[52]Indefatigable had been chasingVenus from the morning when in the afternoonFisgard came in sight and forcedVenus to turn. Both British vessels arrived atVenus at almost the same time (7pm).[52]Venus was armed with 32-guns and had a crew of 200 men. She was sailing from Rochefort to Senegal.[52]Indefatigable andFisgard shared the prize money withBoadicea,Diamond,Urania, and thehired armed schoonerEarl St Vincent.[53]
In January 1801Indefatigable was under Captain Matthew Scott.Indefatigable was part of the squadron that shared by agreement in the prize money from theTemeraire, whichDasher had captured on 30 May. Similarly, the same vessels shared by agreement inDasher's capture ofBien Aimé on 23 July 1801.[54]Indefatigable was then paid off later that year.[5]Indefatigable was laid upin ordinary at Plymouth in March to April 1802, as a result of thepeace of October 1801.
Following the resumption of hostilities,Indefatigable was fitted out for sea between July and September 1803. She was recommissioned under CaptainGraham Moore, younger brother ofSir John Moore ofRifle Brigade andCorunna fame.
On 9 August 1804Indefatigable was in sight whenHMS Nautilus recaptured theWest IndiamanWilliam Heathcote off Bayonne.[55]
Indefatigable, with Moore as commodore, and frigatesMedusa,Lively, andAmphion intercepted four Spanish frigates off Cadiz under the command of Rear-Admiral Don Joseph Bustamente, Knight of the Order of St. James, on 5 October 1804.[56] They were carryingbullion fromMontevideo,South America to Spain. Spain was a neutral country at the time, but was showing strong signs of declaring war in alliance withNapoleonic France. Acting on Admiralty orders, Moore required the Spaniards to change their course and sail for England. Admiral Bustamente refused and a short engagement ensued.[56]
FirstMercedes blew up. ThenIndefatigable capturedMedée, andLively capturedClara. After a further chase,Lively andMedusa capturedFama.[56]
Indefatigable had no casualties.Amphion had five men wounded, one badly.Lively had two killed and four wounded.Indefatigable andAmphion escortedMedée andFama toPlymouth.Medusa andLively brought inClara.[56] The Royal Navy tookMedea into service asIphigenia andClara asLeocadia.[57]
The value of the treasure was very large and, if it had been treated as Prize of War, then Moore and his fellow captains would have become extremely wealthy. As it was, the money and ships were declared to be "Droits of Admiralty" on the grounds that war had not been declared. Hence the captains and crew shared a relatively smallex gratia payment of £160,000 for the bullion, plus the proceeds of the sale of the hull and cargo.[58][e]
In October 1805Indefatigable, now under CaptainJohn Tremayne Rodd (−1809), was part of the blockade of Brest.[5] One boat each from the ships of the line of the squadron, plus three boats each fromIndefatigable andIris entered theGironde on 15 July 1806 to attack two French corvettes and a convoy.[60] A change in the wind permitted all but one corvette to escape. The British captured the French corvetteCésar (orCaesar), which the Royal Navy took into service as HMSCesar. She was armed with 18 guns, had a crew of 86 men, and was under the command of Monsieur Louis Francois Hector Fourré,lieutenant de vaisseau.[60] The French were expecting the attack and put up a strong resistance. The British lost six men killed, 36 wounded and 21 missing.Indefatigable alone lost two killed and 11 wounded.[60] The 21 missing men were in a boat fromRevenge; a later report suggested that most, if not all, had been taken prisoner. Most of the boats in the attack were so shot through that the British later abandoned them.[60] The vessels claiming prize money includedPilchard and the hired armedluggerNile, in addition to the various ships of the line and frigates.[61] This cutting out expedition resulted in the participants qualifying for the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "16 July Boat Service 1806".[2]
About a year later, on 19 October 1806,Indefatigable,Hazard, andAtalante captured the chasse mareesAchille,Jenny, andMarianne.[62] On 5 December 1807Indefatigable captured thePamelia.[63] Then on the day after Christmas,Indefatigable andTribune captured the American shipEliza.[64]
On 7 January 1808Indefatigable andTribune captured the FrenchgaliotFanny and her cargo.[65][f]
Then on 31 July,Indefatigable, in company with the gun-brigConflict,[67] captured the letter of marqueDiane, which was on her way toÎle de France, carrying naval stores, as well as letters and dispatches that she threw overboard during the chase.[68] She was six years old, had a burthen of 482 tons (bm), was armed with fourteen 9 and 6-pounder guns, and had a crew of 68 men. She had left the Gironde the evening before on this, her second voyage, to India.[68]
On 19 AugustIndefatigable, still in company withConflict, capturedAdele.[67] In December a distribution of £10,000 was payable for the proceeds fromDiane andAdele.[69] On 1 and 9 September 1808Indefatigable captured two American ships,Sally andPeggy.[70]Theseus andImpeteuex were in company withIndefatigable at the time.[71] On 1 NovemberIndefatigable capturedBonne Louise.[63]
On 14 January 1809Indefatigable captured French privateer luggerClarisse in the Channel. She was pierced for 14 guns but had only three mounted. She had left Saint-Malo the evening before and had not made any captures.[72] At the time of the capture,Amazon,Iris,Raleigh, andGoldfinch were in sight. They shared withIndefatigable in the proceeds for the hull, but not the bounty money for the captured crew.[71] On 20 FebruaryStatira captured the French schoonerMatilda.Indefatigable was in company.[73]
Indefatigable arrived at the Basque Roads on 25 February.[74] While there she captured two vessels, the Danish shipNeptunus on 24 March and the French shipNymphe on 28 March. For the capture ofNeptunus,Indefatigable was in company with the sloopsFoxhound andGoldfinch.[75]Foxhound was also in company for the capture ofNymphe.[75]
In April 1809Indefatigable participated in the battle of the Basque Roads. The action earned her crew another clasp to the Naval General Service Medal: "Basque Roads 1809".[3]
In October 1809Indefatigable was under Captain Henry E. R. Baker.[5] Captain John Broughton succeeded him in December 1809 and remained in command until 1812.[5]
On 11 January 1810,Indefatigable capturedMouche № 26 nearCap de Peñas. Under the command ofEnseigne de vausseau provisorie Fleury, she had sailed fromPasajes with despatches for Île de France. The next dayMouche № 26 foundered near thePenmarks. Fleury, presumably among others, was drowned.[76]
Four months later, on 6 MayIndefatigable captured two French chasse marees,Camilla andBonne Rencontre;Scipion andPiercer were in company.[77] Next,Indefatigable recapturedFlora on 13 June.[78] On 20 OctoberIndefatigable re-captured the Portuguese brigIntrigua.[79]
On 15 January 1811,Dryad capturedMatilda and her cargo.Indefatigable andLyra were in sight.[80]
Then in June 1812, under Captain John Fyffe,Indefatigable was on the South American station, where she visited theGalápagos Islands. During this cruise she gave the second largest island, now known asSanta Cruz island, its English name – Indefatigable.[citation needed]
By JulyIndefatigable was back in Portsmouth. When news of the outbreak of theWar of 1812 reached Britain, the Royal Navy seized all American vessels then in British ports.Indefatigable was among the Royal Navy vessels then lying at Spithead or Portsmouth and so entitled to share in the grant for the American shipsBelleville,Janus,Aeos,Ganges, andLeonidas seized there on 31 July 1812.[81][g]
On 17 SeptemberIndefatigable,Hearty,Desiree,Drake,Primrose, andCretan shared in the capture ofDankbarheide.[83] When the gun-brigHearty detained the Prussian vesselFriede on 29 September,Indefatigable,Desiree,Primrose,Cretan,Drake, were either in company or sharing by agreement.[84]
Indefatigable was reported to have been at Lima on 11 July 1815, about to sail for the Galápagos Islands.[85]
Indefatigable was finally paid off in 1815. She was broken up at Sheerness in August 1816.[5]
Indefatigable is the namesake ofIndefatigable Island,[86] the alternative English name ofSanta Cruz Island in theGalapagos Archipelago.
| Vessels captured or destroyed for whichIndefatigable's crew received full or partial credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Ship | Nationality | Type | Fate | Ref. |
| 9 March 1795 | Temeraire |  French | Merchant ship | Captured | [8] |
| 9 March 1795 | Minerve | French | Merchant ship | Captured | [8] |
| 9 March 1795 | Gentille | French | Merchant ship | Captured | [8] |
| 9 March 1795 | Regeneration | French | Merchant ship | Captured | [8] |
| 9 March 1795 | Not recorded | French | Merchantbrig | Captured | [8] |
| 9 March 1795 | Not recorded | French | Merchantsloop | Captured | [8] |
| 11–21 March 1795 | Favorite Sultana | French | Merchant ship | Captured | [10][11] |
| 11–21 March 1795 | Friends | French | Merchant brig | Captured | [10][11] |
| 11–21 March 1795 | Not recorded | French | Merchant brig | Destroyed | [10][11] |
| 11–21 March 1795 | Not recorded | French | Chasse maree | Destroyed | [10][11] |
| 11–21 March 1795 | Providence | French | Chasse maree | Captured | [10][11] |
| 11–21 March 1795 | Not recorded | French | Merchant brig | Destroyed | [10][11] |
| 11–21 March 1795 | Four Marys | French | Merchant brig | Captured | [10][11] |
| 11–21 March 1795 | Aimable Justine | French | Merchant brig | Captured | [10][11] |
| 11–21 March 1795 | Nouvelle Union | French | Merchant brig | Captured | [10][11] |
| 13 April 1796 | Unité | French | 32-gunfrigate | Captured | [12] |
| 21 April 1796 | Virginie | French | 44-gun frigate | Captured | [13] |
| 12 June 1796 | Trois Couleurs | French | 10-gun brig | Captured | [19][20] |
| 12 June 1796 | Blonde | French | 16-gun brig | Captured | [19][20] |
| September 1796 | Not recorded |  Spanish | Merchant ship | Captured | [21] |
| September 1796 | Not recorded | Spanish | Merchant ship | Captured | [21] |
| September 1796 | Not recorded | Spanish | Merchant ship | Captured | [21] |
| September 1796 | Not recorded | Spanish | Merchant ship | Captured | [21] |
| September 1796 | Not recorded | Spanish | Merchant ship | Captured | [21] |
| 1 October 1796 | Vrow Delenea Maria |  Dutch | Merchant ship | Captured | [22] |
| 2 October 1796 | Queen of Naples | .svg) British | Merchant brig | Recaptured | [23] |
| 2 October 1796 | Ariel | French | 12-gunprivateerschooner | Captured | [23] |
| 2 October 1796 | Revanche | French | Not recorded | Captured | [24] |
| January 1797 | Sangossee | French | Packet | Captured | [24] |
| 13 January 1797 | Droits de l'Homme | French | 74-gunship of the line | Destroyed | [25] |
| 30 April 1797 | Basque | French | 8-gun privateerbrigantine | Captured | [26] |
| 11 May 1797 | Nouvelle Eugénie | French | 16-gun privateerrazee | Captured | [27] |
| 14 October 1797 | Ranger | French | 14-gun brigcorvette | Captured | [29] |
| 15 October 1797 | Not recorded | Spanish | Merchant schooner | Captured | [29] |
| 25 October 1797 | Hyène | French | 24-gun privateer | Captured | [29] |
| 11 January 1798 | Vengeur | French | 12-gun privateer schooner | Captured | [31] |
| 16 January 1798 | Inconcevable | French | 8-gun privateer | Captured | [31] |
| 28 January 1798 | Heureuse Nouvelle | French | 22-gun privateer | Captured | [33] |
| 30 April 1798 | Basque | French | 8-gun brigantine privateer | Captured | [26] |
| 11 July 1798 | Hope | Not recorded | Not recorded | Captured | [34] |
| 4 August 1798 | Heureux | French | 16-gun privateer | Captured | [35] |
| 5 August 1798 | Canada | British | Merchant ship | Recaptured, destroyed | [35] |
| 8 August 1798 | Vaillante | French | 22-gun corvette | Captured | [36] |
| 15 November 1798 | Mercurius | Not recorded | Merchant ship | Captured | [38] |
| 31 December 1798 | Minerve | French | 16-gun privateer | Captured | [39] |
| 1 January 1799 | Asphalon | British | Merchant ship | Recaptured | [39] |
| 10 January 1799 | Providence | British | Merchant ship | Recaptured | [41] |
| 14 January 1799 | Argo | British | Merchant ship | Recaptured | [38] |
| January 1799 | Ann and Dorothea |  Danish | Merchant schooner | Recaptured | [39] |
| 5 February 1799 | Pomona | British | Merchant ship | Recaptured | [41] |
| 9 February 1799 | Wohlfarden | Not recorded | Merchant ship | Recaptured | [41] |
| 31 May 1799 | Vénus | French | 12-gun brig | Captured | [42] |
| 9 October 1799 | Nostra Senora de la Solidad | Spanish | Merchant brig | Captured | [44] |
| 7 November 1799 | Brailsford | British | Merchant ship | Recaptured | [45] |
| 6 January 1800 | Ursule | French | Merchant brig | Captured | [46] |
| 11 January 1800 | Vidette | French | Not recorded | Captured | [47] |
| 12 June 1800 | Vengeur | French | 16-gun privateer brig | Captured | [48] |
| 3 July 1800 | Cultivator | British | Merchant brig | Recaptured | [50] |
| 14 July 1800 | Favori | French | Not recorded | Captured | [47] |
| 15 July 1800 | Phoenix | French | Not recorded | Captured | [51] |
| 22 October 1800 | Vénus | French | 32-gun frigate | Captured | [52] |
| 30 May 1801 | Temeraire | French | Not recorded | Captured | [54] |
| 23 July 1801 | Bien Aimé | French | Not recorded | Captured | [54] |
| 9 August 1804 | William Heathcote |  British | West Indiaman | Recaptured | [55] |
| 5 October 1804 | Medéa | Spanish | 42-gun frigate | Captured | [56] |
| 5 October 1804 | Fama | Spanish | 36-gun frigate | Captured | [56] |
| 5 October 1804 | Clara | Spanish | 36-gun frigate | Captured | [56] |
| 5 October 1804 | Mercedes | Spanish | 36-gun frigate | Destroyed | [56] |
| 16 July 1806 | César | French | 18-gun corvette | Captured | [60] |
| 19 October 1806 | Achille | French | Chasse maree | Captured | [62] |
| 19 October 1806 | Jenny | French | Chasse maree | Captured | [62] |
| 19 October 1806 | Marianne | French | Chasse maree | Captured | [62] |
| 5 December 1807 | Pamelia | French | Merchant ship | Captured | [63] |
| 26 December 1807 | Eliza |  American | Merchant ship | Captured | [64] |
| 7 January 1808 | Fanny | French | Galiot | Captured | [65] |
| 31 July 1808 | Diane | French | 14-gunletter of marque | Captured | [68][69] |
| 19 August 1808 | Adele | French | Not recorded | Captured | [67][69] |
| 1 September 1808 | Sally | American | Merchant ship | Captured | [70] |
| 9 September 1808 | Peggy | American | Merchant ship | Captured | [70] |
| 1 November 1808 | Bonne Louise | French | Not recorded | Captured | [63] |
| 14 January 1809 | Clarisse | French | 3-gun privateerlugger | Captured | [72] |
| 20 February 1809 | Matilda | French | Merchant schooner | Captured | [73] |
| 24 March 1809 | Neptunus | Danish | Merchant brig | Captured | [75] |
| 28 March 1809 | Nymphe | French | Merchant ship | Captured | [75] |
| 11 January 1810 | Mouche № 26 | French | 1-gundispatch boat | Captured | [76] |
| 6 May 1810 | Camilla | French | Chasse maree | Captured | [77] |
| 6 May 1810 | Bonne Rencontre | French | Chasse maree | Captured | [77] |
| 13 June 1810 | Flora | British | Merchant ship | Recaptured | [78] |
| 20 October 1810 | Intrigua |  Portuguese | Merchant brig | Recaptured | [79] |
| 15 January 1811 | Matilda | American | Merchant ship | Captured | [80] |
| 31 July 1812 | Belleville | American | Merchant ship | Captured | [81] |
| 31 July 1812 | Janus | American | Merchant ship | Captured | [81] |
| 31 July 1812 | Aeos | American | Merchant ship | Captured | [81] |
| 31 July 1812 | Ganges | American | Merchant ship | Captured | [81] |
| 31 July 1812 | Leonidas | American | Merchant ship | Captured | [81] |
| 17 September 1812 | Dankbarheide | Not recorded | Merchant ship | Captured | [83] |
| 29 September 1812 | Friede |  Prussian | Merchant ship | Captured | [84] |
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