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|Ship country=Great Britain
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|Ship name=HMS ''Indefatigable''
|Ship ordered=3 August 1780
|Ship builder=[[Henry Adams (shipbuilder)|Henry Adams]], [[Bucklers Hard]]
|Ship laid down=May 1781
|Ship launched=July 1784
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|Ship commissioned= December 1794
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|Ship fate=Broken up at Chatham, March 1816
|Ship honours=*[[Naval General Service Medal (1847)|Naval General Service Medal]] with clasps:
* "Indefatigable 20 Apl. 1796"<ref name=LG20939>{{London Gazette|issue=20939|page=238|date=26 January 1849}}</ref>
* "Indefatigable 13 Jany. 1797"<ref name=LG20939/>
* "16 July Boat Service 1806"<ref name=LG20939-246>{{London Gazette|issue=20939|page=246|date=26 January 1849}}</ref>
* "Basque Roads 1809"<ref name=LG20939-242>{{London Gazette|issue=20939|page=242|date=26 January 1849}}</ref>
|Ship notes=Razeed to 44 guns between September 1794 and February 1795
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|Header caption=<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p181">Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 181.</ref>
|Ship class={{sclass|Ardent|ship of the line}}
|Ship tons burthen={{frac|1384|3|94}} ([[Builder's Old Measurement|bm]])
|Ship length=*{{convert|160|ft|1+1/4|in|m|1|abbr=on}} (gundeck);
* {{convert|131|ft|10+3/4|in|m|1|abbr=on}} (keel)
|Ship beam={{convert|44|ft|5|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
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|Ship hold depth={{convert|19|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} (as frigate, {{convert|13|ft|3|in|m|1|abbr=on}})
|Ship sail plan=[[Full-rigged ship]]
|Ship propulsion=Sails
|Ship complement=310 officers and men (as frigate)
|Ship armament=*'''As built''':
* Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns
* Upper gun deck: 26 × 12-pounder guns
* [[Quarterdeck|QD]]: 10 × 4-pounder guns
* [[Forecastle|Fc]]: 2 × 9-pounder guns
* '''As frigate''':
* Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns
* QD: 8 × 12-pounder guns + 4 × 42-pounder [[carronade]]s
* Fc: 4 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 42-pounder carronades
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'''HMS ''Indefatigable''''' was one of the {{sclass|Ardent|ship of the line|0}} 64-gun [[third-rate]] ships-of-the-line designed by Sir [[Thomas 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-gun [[razee]] [[frigate]]. She had a long career under several distinguished commanders, serving throughout the [[French Revolutionary Wars]] and the [[Napoleonic Wars]]. She took some 27 [[Prize (law)|prizes]], 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.<ref name=LG20939/><ref name=LG20939-246/><ref name=LG20939-242/> She was broken up in 1816.

==Construction==
''Indefatigable'' was ordered on 3 August 1780 (long after Slade's death), and her [[keel]] was laid down in May 1781 at the [[Bucklers Hard]] shipyard in [[Hampshire]] owned by Henry Adams. She was launched in early July 1784{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|pp=95–96}} and completed from 11 July to 13 September of that year at [[Portsmouth Dockyard]] as a 64-gun two-decked third rate for the [[Royal Navy]]. She had cost [[£sd|£]]25,210 4[[shilling|s]] 5[[pence|d]] to build; her total initial cost including fitting out and [[Copper sheathing|coppering]] was £36,154 18s 7d.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|pp=95–96}} 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,<ref>Parkinson C.N., ''"Life of Exmouth", Chapter V'', London, 1934.</ref> and was never commissioned in that role.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|pp=95–96}}

===Design modification===
In 1794, she was [[razé]]ed; her upper [[gun 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 the [[carronade]] 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 with {{HMS|Magnanime|1780|2}} and {{HMS|Anson|1781|2}}, which were converted at about the same time.<ref name="Gardiner.p41"/> The work was carried out at Portsmouth from September 1794 to February 1795 at a cost of £8,764.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|pp=95–96}} On 17 February 1795, a further two 12-pounder guns were added to her quarterdeck, though her official rating remained unchanged.<ref name="Gardiner.p41">Gardiner (2006), p. 41.</ref>

==French Revolutionary Wars==
===Captain Sir Edward Pellew===
[[File:Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) - Sir Edward Pellew, Lord Exmouth - ZBA0434 - Royal Museums Greenwich.jpg|thumb|''[[Portrait of Sir Edward Pellew]]'' by [[Thomas Lawrence]], 1797.]]
''Indefatigable'' was first commissioned in December 1794 under Captain Sir [[Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth|Edward Pellew]]. He commanded her until early 1799.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|pp=95–96}}

On 9 March 1795, ''Indefatigable'', {{HMS|Concorde|1783|2}}, and {{HMS|Jason|1763|2}} captured numerous French prizes: ''Temeraire'', ''Minerve'', ''Gentille'', ''Regeneration'', and a brig and sloop of unknown names.<ref name="LG1">{{London Gazette|issue=13815|page=973|date=19 September 1795}}</ref> In October, the Dutch [[East Indiaman]] ''Zeelilee'' was wrecked in the [[Isles of Scilly]] with the loss of 25 of her 70 crew. ''Indefatigable'' rescued the survivors.<ref name=NLL201095>{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105233118;view=1up;seq=1177 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=2761 |date=20 October 1795 |pages=78 v }}</ref>

On 20 March 1796, ''Indefatigable'' and her squadron chased three French corvettes, of which the ''Volage'' of 26 guns ran ashore under a battery at the mouth of the [[Loire]].<ref name=LG13884/> ''Volage'' lost her masts in running ashore, but the French were later able to refloat her. Her two consorts {{ship|French corvette|Sagesse|1794|2}} and ''Eclatant'' escaped into the river. In this action, {{HMS|Amazon|1795|2}} had four men wounded.<ref name=LG13884>{{London Gazette|issue=13884|page=352|date=16 April 1796}}</ref>

Between 11 and 21 March ''Indefatigable''{{'}}s squadron captured the vessels ''Favorite Sultana'', ''Friends'', ''Providence'', ''Four Marys'', ''Aimable Justine'', and ''Nouvelle Union''. They also destroyed two unnamed [[brig]]s and a [[chasse maree]].<ref name=LG13884/> The vessels sharing in the [[prize money]] were: ''Indefatigable'', ''Concorde'', {{HMS|Révolutionnaire|1794|2}}, ''Amazon'', {{HMS|Argo|1781|2}}, and the hired armed cutter [[Hired armed cutter Dolly|''Dolly'']] and hired armed lugger [[Hired armed lugger Duke of York|''Duke of York'']].<ref name="LG2">{{London Gazette|issue=13943|page=1003|date=22 October 1796}}</ref>

On 13 April 1796, ''Indefatigable'' was in pursuit of a French frigate. Pellew signalled to ''Révolutionnaire'' to cut her off from the shore. ''Révolutionnaire'' then captured the French frigate [[French frigate Gracieuse (1787)|''Unité'']] after having fired two broadsides into her. ''Unité'' had nine men killed and 11 wounded; ''Révolutionnaire'' had no casualties.<ref name="LG3">{{London Gazette|issue=13887|pages=387–388|date=26 April 1796}}</ref> The Royal Navy took the frigate into service as HMS ''Unite''.

[[File:Fregate Virginie.jpg|thumb|left|{{ship|French frigate|Virginie|1794|2}} fighting HMS ''Indefatigable'']]
On the morning of 20 April 1796, ''Indefatigable'' sighted the French 44-gun frigate {{ship|French frigate|Virginie|1794|2}} off the Lizard.<ref name=LG13887>{{London Gazette|issue=13887|page=388|date=26 April 1796}}</ref> ''Indefatigable'', ''Amazon'', and ''Concorde'' chased ''Virginie'', with ''Indefatigable'' catching her just after midnight on 21 April after a chase of 15 hours and {{convert|168|mi}}.<ref name=LG13887/> After an hour and three quarters of fighting, she still had not [[Striking the colours|struck]] and had somewhat outmaneuvered ''Indefatigable'' when ''Concorde'' arrived. Seeing that she was outnumbered, ''Virginie'' struck.<ref name=LG13887/>

''Virginie'' carried 44 guns, 18 and 9-pounders, and had a crew of 340 men under the command of Citizen Bergeret, Capitaine de Vaisseau.<ref name=LG13887/> 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.<ref name=LG13887/> ''Indefatigable'' had no casualties. Pellew sent ''Virginie'' into Plymouth under the escort of ''Concorde'', and followed the next day with ''Amazon'', which had sustained some damage.<ref name=LG13887/> The Royal Navy took ''Virginie'' into service as {{HMS|Virginie|1796|2}}.

In July 1796, there was an initial distribution of £20,000 of prize money for the capture of ''Unite'' and ''Virginie''. ''Indefatigable'' shared this with ''Amazon'', ''Révolutionnaire'', ''Concorde'', and ''Argo''.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=13914|page=708|date=23 July 1796}}</ref> Apparently, ''Duke of York'' also shared in some or all of the prize money.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=14031|page=703|date=25 July 1797}}</ref> In 1847, the Admiralty authorised the issue of the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Indefatigable 20 Apl. 1796".<ref name=LG20939/>

On 12 June, ''Indefatigable'', ''Amazon'', ''Concorde'', ''Revolutionaire'', and {{HMS|Phoebe|1795|2}} took two French brigs off [[Ushant]] – the ''Trois Couleurs'' and the ''Blonde'' (alias ''Betsey'') – after a chase of 24 hours. ''Trois Couleurs'' carried 10 guns and a crew of 70.{{efn|''Trois Couleurs'' was a ''Montagne''-class cutter built at [[Saint-Malo]] and launched in October 1793.{{sfnp|Winfield|Roberts|2015|p=241}}}} ''Blonde'' had 16 guns and a crew of 95 men.{{efn|The French had captured ''Blonde'' about a month earlier.{{sfnp|Winfield|Roberts|2015|p=213}} She may have been the ''Betsey'' of 206 tons (bm) and sixteen 6-pounder guns, William Crebbin master, which had received a letter of marque on 23 June 1795.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.1812privateers.org/Great%20Britain/marque1793-1815.htm |title="Register of Letters of Marque against France 1793–1815"; p. 52 |access-date=5 October 2015 |archive-date=9 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709083440/http://www.1812privateers.org/Great%20Britain/marque1793-1815.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} Each was under the command of an ''ensign de vaisseau'' and both vessels had left [[Brest, France|Brest]] two days earlier for a six-week cruise, but had not yet taken any prizes.<ref name="LG4">{{London Gazette|issue=13902|page=576|date=18 June 1796}}</ref><ref name="LG5">{{London Gazette|issue=14006|page=402|date=2 May 1797}}</ref>

In September 1796, ''Indefatigable'', ''Phoebe'', ''Révolutionnaire'', and ''Amazon'' captured five Spanish ships.<ref name="LG6">{{London Gazette|issue=15119|page=295|date=26 March 1799}}</ref>

On 1 October, ''Indefatigable'', ''Amazon'', ''Révolutionnaire'', ''Phoebe'', and ''Jason'' shared in the capture of the ''Vrow Delenea Maria''.<ref name=LG15348>{{London Gazette|issue=15348|page=338|date=24 March 1801}}</ref> The next day, Pellew and ''Indefatigable'' captured the privateer schooner ''Ariel'' of Boston off Corunna.<ref name=LG13941>{{London Gazette|issue=13941|page=973|date=15 October 1796}}</ref> Earlier, Pellew had recaptured the brig ''Queen 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.<ref name=LG13941/> Pellew immediately set off towards Corunna and was able to intercept the ''Ariel''. She had 12 guns and a crew of 75 men. She was 14 days out of Bordeaux.<ref name=LG13941/> Her consort, the schooner ''Vengeur'', was of the same strength, and Pellew yet hoped to catch her, too. The brig from Bristol, however, had made it into the port of [[Ferrol, Galicia|Ferrol]], where Pellew had earlier chased two French frigates.<ref name=LG13941/>

In January 1797, ''Indefatigable'' and ''Amazon'' captured the [[Packet (sea transport)|packet]] ''Sangossee''.<ref name="LG7">{{London Gazette|issue=14039|page=815|date=22 August 1797}}</ref> On 7 January, ''Indefatigable'' and ''Amazon'' captured the ''Emanuel''.<ref name=LG15348/> Later that month, ''Indefatigable'' fought her most famous battle.

{{main|Action of 13 January 1797}}
[[File:Vaisseau-Droits-de-lHomme.jpg|thumb|Fight of the ''Indefatigable'' (left) and [[French ship Droits de l'Homme|''Droits de l'Homme'']], as depicted by [[Leopold le Guen|Léopold le Guen]] (1853)]]
The [[Action of 13 January 1797]] was an engagement off the [[Point Penmarc'h|Penmarks]] involving the two frigates ''Indefatigable'' and ''Amazon'' against the French {{ship|French ship|Droits de l'Homme||2}}, a [[seventy-four (ship)|74-gun]] ship of the line.<ref name=LG13792>{{London Gazette|issue=13792|page=53|date=17 January 1797}}</ref> The battle ended with ''Droits 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 the [[lee shore]], showing excellent seamanship. She had only 19 officers and men wounded, with most of those not being serious.<ref name=LG13792/> This action resulted the award of the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Indefatigable 13 Jany. 1797" for any crew surviving in 1847.<ref name=LG20939/>

On 18 January ''Indefatigable'' was at Falmouth. There she saved all on board when a fire destroyed the American merchantman {{ship||Indian Chief|1796 ship|2}}.

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 French [[brigantine]] privateer ''Basque''. She was armed with eight guns and carried a crew of 50 men.<ref name=LG14011>{{London Gazette|issue=14011|page=459|date=20 May 1797}}</ref>

On 11 May, ''Indefatigable'' in company with ''Phoebe'', {{HMS|Cleopatra|1779|2}}, {{HMS|Childers|1778|2}}, and ''Duke of York'' captured ''Nouvelle 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.<ref name="LG8">{{London Gazette|issue=14010|page=447|date=16 May 1797}}</ref> The Royal Navy took her into service as {{HMS|Eugenie|1797|6}}.

On 21 July, the ''Duke of York'' returned, having chased a French privateer lugger into the hands of Lieutenant Bray, who commanded the Revenue Cutter ''Hind''. ''Hind'' also recaptured a sloop that the privateer had captured. The lugger was armed with two guns and carried a crew of 25 men.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=14030|page=688|date=22 July 1797}}</ref>

On 14 October, ''Indefatigable'' arrived at Teneriffe. There at midnight she captured the French brig corvette {{ship|French corvette|Ranger||2}}. ''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.<ref name=LG14065>{{London Gazette|issue=14065|pages=1090–1091|date=14 November 1797}}</ref> The next day, Pellew captured a Spanish schooner carrying a cargo of fish. ''Indefatigable'' was short of water, so he put the crew of ''Ranger'' on board the schooner (though not ''Ranger{{'}}''s officers) and sent them ashore at Santa Cruz.<ref name=LG14065/>

Ten days after that, ''Indefatigable'' captured the privateer ''Hyène'' after a chase of eight hours.<ref name=LG14065/> 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.<ref name=LG14065/> ''Hyène'' had apparently mistaken ''Indefatigable'' for a vessel from Portuguese India. Pellew estimated that, had she not lost her foretopmast in the chase, she might have escaped.<ref name=LG14065/> She had been the [[post-ship]] {{HMS|Hyaena|1778|2}} until her capture in 1793; the Royal Navy took her back into service under her original name.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=229}}

''Indefatigable'' returned to the Channel. On 11 January 1798, she was in company with {{HMS|Cambrian|1797|2}} and ''Childers'' when they captured the French privateer schooner ''Vengeur''.<ref name=LG14083/> ''Vengeur'' was a new vessel of 12 guns and 72 men. She was eight days out of [[Ostend]] but had taken no prizes. Pellew sent her into Falmouth.<ref name=LG14083>{{London Gazette|issue=14083|page=49|date=16 January 1798}}</ref>

Five days later, in the evening of the 16th, Pellew's squadron captured the French privateer ''Inconcevable''.<ref name=LG14083/> She was armed with eight guns and had a crew of 55 men. She was 10 days out of Dunkirk and had taken nothing.<ref name=LG14083/> Prize money was paid to ''Indefatigable'', ''Cambrian'', and {{HMS|Success|1781|2}}.<ref name=LG15060>{{London Gazette|issue=15060|pages=869–870|date=11 September 1798}}</ref>

On 28 January, ''Indefatigable'' and ''Cambrian'' captured the privateer ''Heureuse 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 the ''Providence'' which had a cargo of cotton and sugar. Pellew sent ''Cambrian'' in pursuit.<ref name="LG9">{{London Gazette|issue=14088|page=111|date=3 February 1798}}</ref> ''Duke of York'' also shared in the capture.<ref name=LG15060/>

On 30 April 1798, ''Indefatigable'' captured the brigantine privateer ''Basque''. She was armed with eight guns and had a crew of 50 men.<ref name=LG14011/> ''Indefatigable'' and ''Cleopatra'' captured the ''Hope'' on 11 July.<ref name="LG10">{{London Gazette|issue=15573|page=416|date=5 April 1803}}</ref>

At daylight on 4 August, ''Indefatigable'' sighted the privateer ''Heureux'' together with a prize and gave chase.<ref name=LG15049/> 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 where ''Indefatigable'' intercepted the prize and captured her. The privateer was the ''Heureux'', of 16 guns and 112 men.<ref name=LG15049/> Her prize was the ''Canada'', John Sewell Master, which had been sailing from Jamaica to London, having stopped in Charlestown, with a cargo of sugar, rum, and coffee.<ref name=LG15049/> Pellew exchanged prisoners, taking off the crew of the ''Canada'' and putting on her the crew of ''Heureux''. He then drove ''Canada'' on shore where he hoped that her cargo at least would be destroyed.<ref name=LG15049>{{London Gazette|issue=15049|page=760|date=11 August 1798}}</ref>

''Indefatigable'' captured the French corvette ''Vaillante'' 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.<ref name="LG11">{{London Gazette|issue=15051|page=781|date=7 April 1798}}</ref> 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 the [[Île 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 as {{HMS|Danae|1798|2}}.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=234}} On 15 November 1798, ''Indefatigable'' captured ''Mercurius''.<ref name=LG15200/>

At dawn on 31 December 1798, ''Indefatigable'' captured the ''Minerve'', five [[League (unit)|leagues]] off Ushant.<ref name=LG15096/> 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, the ''Asphalon'', ''Indefatigable'' captured on 1 January 1799.<ref name=LG15096/> ''Aspahalon'', a Newcastle vessel, had been sailing from Halifax to London with a cargo of sugar, coffee, and tobacco. Other vessels which ''Minerve'' had captured included ''Martinus'' (Bremen brig), ''Tagus'' (Portuguese brig ), ''Minerva'' (English [[snow (ship)|snow]]), and ''Ann and Dorothea'' (aka ''Beata Maria'', Danish schooner).<ref name=LG15096>{{London Gazette|issue=15096|page=25|date=29 December 1798}}</ref>

On 14 January 1799, ''Indefatigable'' recaptured ''Argo'', Rich, master, which had been sailing from Gothenburg for Boston when a French privateer had captured her. After her recapture ''Argo'' arrived at Falmouth.<ref>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c3049070?urlappend=%3Bseq=22 ''Lloyd's List'' 22 January 1799, №3052.]</ref><ref name=LG15200>{{London Gazette|issue=15200|page=1132|date=2 November 1799}}</ref>

More captures or recaptures of merchantmen followed. ''Indefatigable'', {{HMS|Melpomene|1794|2}}, and {{HMS|Nymphe|1780|2}} recaptured the ''Providence'' on 10 January 1799, the ''Pomona'' on 5 February, and the ''Wohlfarden'' on 9 February.<ref name="LG12">{{London Gazette|issue=15206|page=1216|date=23 November 1799}}</ref>{{efn|Pellew had been captain of ''Nymphe'' in 1793–94.}}

===Subsequent commanders===
From March 1799 until the end of 1800 ''Indefatigable'' was under the command of Captain [[Henry Curzon]].{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|pp=95–96}} On 31 May she captured the brig ''Vénus''.<ref name=LG15146/> ''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 schooner ''Clarence'', sailing from Lisbon to London, and a ship from Lisbon sailing to Hamburg with a cargo of salt.<ref name=LG15146>{{London Gazette|issue=15146|page=586|date=11 June 1799}}</ref> ''Indefatigable'' was apparently also in company with [[HMS Fisgard (1797)|''Fisgard'']] and ''Diamond''.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=15383|page=781|date=7 July 1810}}</ref>

On 9 October 1799 ''Indefatigable'', ''Diamond'', ''Cambrian'', {{HMS|Stag|1794|2}}, ''Nymphe'' and {{HMS|Cerberus|1794|2}} shared in the capture of the Spanish brig ''Nostra Senora de la Solidad''.<ref name="LG13">{{London Gazette|issue=15230|page=143|date=11 February 1800}}</ref> Then on 7 November ''Nymphe'', ''Indefatigable'' and ''Diamond'' shared in the recapture of the ship ''Brailsford''.<ref name="LG14">{{London Gazette|issue=15239|page=262|date=15 March 1800}}</ref>

Then on 6 January 1800 ''Indefatigable'' shared with {{HMS|Defiance|1783|2}}, {{HMS|Unicorn|1794|2}}, {{HMS|Sirius|1797|2}} and ''Stag'' in the capture of the French brig ''Ursule''.<ref name="LG15">{{London Gazette|issue=15294|page=1073|date=16 September 1800}}</ref> On 11 February ''Indefatigable'' captured the ''Vidette''.<ref name=LG15344>{{London Gazette|issue=15344|page=280|date=10 March 1801}}</ref>

On 12 June 1800, ''Indefatigable'' captured the French privateer brig ''Vengeur''. 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 three [[letter of marque|letters of marque]] – a ship, a brig and a schooner – that were bound for Guadeloupe. On 11 June ''Vengeur'' had captured the Jersey-privateer lugger ''Snake''.<ref name="LG16">{{London Gazette|issue=15271|page=749|date=28 June 1800}}</ref>{{efn|When the crew of ''Vengeur'' came ashore one of the men from ''Venguer'' was discovered to have been one of the mutineers on ''Danae'', which ''Indefatiagble'' had captured in 1798, and which had suffered a mutiny in 1800. The mutineer was seized, court martialled and hanged.}} ''Indefatigable'' shared the prize money with ''Sirius''.<ref>{{London Gazette|date=3 February 1801|issue=15334|page=151}}</ref>

On 3 July ''Indefatigable'' recaptured the brig ''Cultivator'', from the French.<ref name="LG17">{{London Gazette|issue=15427|page=1374|date=14 November 1801}}</ref> Eleven days later, ''Indefatigable'' and ''Sirius'' captured the French ship ''Favori''.<ref name=LG15344/> The next day [[Bordelais (1798 ship)|''Bordelais'']] (or ''Bourdelois'') captured the ''Phoenix''. ''Indefatigable'', ''Sirius'' and {{HMS|Boadicea|1797|2}} shared with ''Bordelais'' by agreement, and {{HMS|Shannon|1799|2}} further shared with ''Bordelais''.<ref name="LG18">{{London Gazette|issue=15344|page=281|date=10 March 1801}}</ref>

''Indefatigable'' then was with Sir [[John Borlase Warren]]'s squadron at [[Ferrol, Spain|Ferrol]]. 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 October ''Indefatigable'', took the French 28-gun frigate {{ship|French corvette|Vénus|1794|2}} off the Portuguese coast.<ref name=LG15308/> ''Indefatigable'' had been chasing ''Venus'' from the morning when in the afternoon ''Fisgard'' came in sight and forced ''Venus'' to turn. Both British vessels arrived at ''Venus'' at almost the same time (7pm).<ref name=LG15308/> ''Venus'' was armed with 32-guns and had a crew of 200 men. She was sailing from Rochefort to Senegal.<ref name=LG15308>{{London Gazette|issue=15308|page=1256|date=4 November 1800}}</ref> ''Indefatigable'' and ''Fisgard'' shared the prize money with ''Boadicea'', ''Diamond'', {{HMS|Urania|1797|2}}, and the [[hired armed vessels|hired armed]] schooner {{ship|Hired armed schooner|Earl St Vincent||2}}.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=15390|page=921|date=25 July 1801}}</ref>

In January 1801 ''Indefatigable'' was under Captain Matthew Scott. ''Indefatigable'' was part of the squadron that shared by agreement in the prize money from the ''Temeraire'', which {{HMS|Dasher|1797|2}} had captured on 30 May. Similarly, the same vessels shared by agreement in ''Dasher''{{'}}s capture of ''Bien Aimé'' on 23 July 1801.<ref name="LG19">{{London Gazette|issue=15452|page=143|date=9 February 1802}}</ref> ''Indefatigable'' was then paid off later that year.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|pp=95–96}} ''Indefatigable'' was laid up [[Reserve fleet|in ordinary]] at Plymouth in March to April 1802, as a result of the [[Treaty of Amiens|peace of October 1801]].

==Napoleonic Wars==
Following the resumption of hostilities, ''Indefatigable'' was fitted out for sea between July and September 1803. She was recommissioned under Captain [[Graham Moore (Royal Navy officer)|Graham Moore]], younger brother of [[John Moore (British Army officer)|Sir John Moore]] of [[Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)|Rifle Brigade]] and [[Battle of Corunna|Corunna]] fame.

On 9 August 1804 ''Indefatigable'' was in sight when {{HMS|Nautilus|1804|6}} recaptured the [[West Indiaman]] {{ship||William Heathcote|1800 ship|2}} off Bayonne.<ref name="LG20">{{London Gazette|issue=15749|page=1336|date=27 October 1804}}</ref>

===Action of 5 October 1804===
{{main|Action of 5 October 1804}}
[[File:Voladura de La Mercedes.jpg|thumb|Capture and destruction of four Spanish frigates, 5 October 1804, the battle of [[Cabo de Santa Maria (Faro)|Cabo de Santa María]]]]
''Indefatigable'', with Moore as commodore, and frigates {{HMS|Medusa|1801|2}}, {{HMS|Lively|1804|2}}, and {{HMS|Amphion|1798|2}} 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.<ref name=LG15747/> They were carrying [[bullion]] from [[Montevideo]], [[South America]] to Spain. Spain was a neutral country at the time, but was showing strong signs of declaring war in alliance with [[First French Empire|Napoleonic 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.<ref name=LG15747/>

First [[Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes|''Mercedes'']] blew up. Then ''Indefatigable'' captured ''Medée'', and ''Lively'' captured ''Clara''. After a further chase, ''Lively'' and ''Medusa'' captured ''Fama''.<ref name=LG15747/>
* ''Medée'' the flagship was armed with forty-two 18-pounder guns on her main deck and had a crew of 300 men. She lost two men killed and 10 wounded.<ref name=LG15747/>
* ''Fama'', the Commodore's ship, was armed with thirty-six 12-pounder guns on her main deck and had a crew of 180 men. She lost 11 killed and 50 wounded.<ref name=LG15747/>
* ''Clara'' was armed with thirty-six 12-pounder guns on her main deck and had a crew of 300 men. She lost seven killed and 20 wounded.<ref name=LG15747/>
* ''Mercedes'' was armed with thirty-six 12-pounder guns on her main deck and had a crew of 280 men. After she exploded, the British were only able to rescue her second captain and 40 men.<ref name=LG15747/>

''Indefatigable'' had no casualties. ''Amphion'' had five men wounded, one badly. ''Lively'' had two killed and four wounded. ''Indefatigable'' and ''Amphion'' escorted ''Medée'' and ''Fama'' to [[Plymouth]]. ''Medusa'' and ''Lively'' brought in ''Clara''.<ref name=LG15747>{{London Gazette|issue=15747|pages=1309–1310|date=20 October 1804}}</ref> The Royal Navy took ''Medea'' into service as {{HMS|Iphigenia|1804|2}} and ''Clara'' as {{HMS|Leocadia|1804|2}}.<ref>Colledge & Warlow (2010), pp. 197, 226.</ref>

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 small ''[[ex gratia]]'' payment of £160,000 for the bullion, plus the proceeds of the sale of the hull and cargo.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=15859|page=1379|date=5 November 1805}}</ref>{{efn|For a seaman, the amount was £19 9s 11d.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=15915|page=559|date=26 April 1806}}</ref> This probably represented about a year's wages.}}

===Normal operations===
In October 1805 ''Indefatigable'', now under Captain [[John Tremayne Rodd]] (−1809), was part of the blockade of Brest.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|pp=95–96}} One boat each from the ships of the line of the squadron, plus three boats each from ''Indefatigable'' and {{HMS|Iris|1783|2}} entered the [[Gironde]] on 15 July 1806 to attack two French corvettes and a convoy.<ref name=LG15941/> A change in the wind permitted all but one corvette to escape. The British captured the French corvette {{ship||César|1802 ship|2}} (or ''Caesar''), which the Royal Navy took into service as HMS ''Cesar''. 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''.<ref name=LG15941/> 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.<ref name=LG15941/> The 21 missing men were in a boat from {{HMS|Revenge|1805|2}}; 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.<ref name=LG15941>{{London Gazette|issue=15941|page=950|date=29 July 1806}}</ref> The vessels claiming prize money included {{HMS|Pilchard|1805|2}} and the hired armed [[lugger]] {{ship|Hired armed lugger|Nile||2}}, in addition to the various ships of the line and frigates.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16070|page=1270|date=22 September 1807}}</ref> This cutting out expedition resulted in the participants qualifying for the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "16 July Boat Service 1806".<ref name=LG20939-246/>

About a year later, on 19 October 1806, ''Indefatigable'', {{HMS|Hazard|1802|2}}, and {{HMS|Atalante|1797|2}} captured the chasse marees ''Achille'', ''Jenny'', and ''Marianne''.<ref name="LG21">{{London Gazette|issue=16058|page=1104|date=22 August 1807}}</ref> On 5 December 1807 ''Indefatigable'' captured the ''Pamelia''.<ref name=LG16258>{{London Gazette|issue=16258|page=720|date=20 April 1809}}</ref> Then on the day after Christmas, ''Indefatigable'' and {{HMS|Tribune|1803|2}} captured the American ship ''Eliza''.<ref name="LG22">{{London Gazette|issue=16524|page=1874|date=21 September 1811}}</ref>

On 7 January 1808 ''Indefatigable'' and  ''Tribune'' captured the French [[galiot]] ''Fanny'' and her cargo.<ref name="LG23">{{London Gazette|issue=16200|page=1543|date=12 November 1808}}</ref>{{efn|The prize money for a seaman was 19s.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16202|page=1578|date=19 November 1808}}</ref>}}

Then on 31 July, ''Indefatigable'', in company with the gun-brig {{HMS|Conflict|1805|2}},<ref name=LG16256/> captured the letter of marque ''Diane'', which was on her way to [[Mauritius|Île de France]], carrying naval stores, as well as letters and dispatches that she threw overboard during the chase.<ref name=LG16169/> 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.<ref name=LG16169>{{London Gazette|issue=16169|page=1077|date=6 August 1808}}</ref>

On 19 August ''Indefatigable'', still in company with ''Conflict'', captured ''Adele''.<ref name=LG16256>{{London Gazette|issue=16256|page=628|date=13 May 1809}}</ref> In December a distribution of £10,000 was payable for the proceeds from ''Diane'' and ''Adele''.<ref name="LG24">{{London Gazette|issue=16212|page=1747|date=24 December 1808}}</ref> On 1 and 9 September 1808 ''Indefatigable'' captured two American ships, ''Sally'' and ''Peggy''.<ref name="LG25">{{London Gazette|issue=16331|page=46|date=6 January 1810}}</ref> {{HMS|Theseus|1786|2}} and {{HMS|Impeteuex|1794|2}} were in company with ''Indefatigable'' at the time.<ref name=LG16362>{{London Gazette|issue=16362|page=584|date=17 April 1810}}</ref> On 1 November ''Indefatigable'' captured ''Bonne Louise''.<ref name=LG16258/>

On 14 January 1809 ''Indefatigable'' captured French privateer lugger ''Clarisse'' 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.<ref name="LG26">{{London Gazette|issue=16223|page=110|date=24 January 1809}}</ref> At the time of the capture, ''Amazon'', ''Iris'', {{HMS|Raleigh|1806|2}}, and ''Goldfinch'' were in sight. They shared with ''Indefatigable'' in the proceeds for the hull, but not the bounty money for the captured crew.<ref name=LG16362/> On 20 February {{HMS|Statira|1807|2}} captured the French schooner ''Matilda''. ''Indefatigable'' was in company.<ref name="LG27">{{London Gazette|issue=16600|page=861|date=5 May 1812}}</ref>

''Indefatigable'' arrived at the Basque Roads on 25 February.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16234|page=289|date=4 March 1809}}</ref> While there she captured two vessels, the Danish ship ''Neptunus'' on 24 March and the French ship ''Nymphe'' on 28 March. For the capture of ''Neptunus'', ''Indefatigable'' was in company with the sloops {{HMS|Foxhound|1806|2}} and {{HMS|Goldfinch|1808|2}}.<ref name=LG16308>{{London Gazette|issue=16308|page=1674|date=21 October 1809}}</ref> ''Foxhound'' was also in company for the capture of ''Nymphe''.<ref name=LG16308/>

In April 1809 ''Indefatigable'' participated in the battle of the Basque Roads. The action earned her crew another clasp to the Naval General Service Medal: "Basque Roads 1809".<ref name=LG20939-242/>

{{main|Battle of the Basque Roads}}

In October 1809 ''Indefatigable'' was under Captain Henry E. R. Baker.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|pp=95–96}} Captain John Broughton succeeded him in December 1809 and remained in command until 1812.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|pp=95–96}}

On 11 January 1810, ''Indefatigable'' captured [[Mouche No. 2-class schooner-avisos#Mouche No. 28|''Mouche № 26'']] near [[Gozón|Cap de Peñas]]. Under the command of ''Enseigne de vausseau provisorie'' Fleury, she had sailed from [[Pasaia|Pasajes]] with despatches for Île de France. The next day ''Mouche № 26'' foundered near the [[Glénan Islands|Penmarks]]. Fleury, presumably among others, was drowned.<ref name="Fonds1">Fonds Marine, Vol. 1, p. 408.</ref>

Four months later, on 6 May ''Indefatigable'' captured two French chasse marees, ''Camilla'' and ''Bonne Rencontre''; {{HMS|Scipion|1805|2}} and {{HMS|Piercer|1804|2}} were in company.<ref name="LG28">{{London Gazette|issue=16728|page=925|date=11 May 1813}}</ref> Next, ''Indefatigable'' recaptured  ''Flora'' on 13 June.<ref name="LG29">{{London Gazette|issue=16764|page=1618|date=14 August 1813}}</ref> On 20 October ''Indefatigable'' re-captured the Portuguese brig ''Intrigua''.<ref name="LG30">{{London Gazette|issue=16470|page=604|date=30 March 1811}}</ref>

On 15 January 1811, {{HMS|Dryad|1795|2}} captured ''Matilda'' and her cargo. ''Indefatigable'' and {{HMS|Lyra|1808|2}} were in sight.<ref name="LG31">{{London Gazette|issue=16701|page=282|date=26 May 1812}}</ref>

Then in June 1812, under Captain John Fyffe, ''Indefatigable'' was on the South American station, where she visited the [[Galápagos Islands]]. During this cruise she gave the second largest island, now known as [[Santa Cruz Island (Galápagos)|Santa Cruz island]], its English name – Indefatigable.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

By July ''Indefatigable'' was back in Portsmouth. When news of the outbreak of the [[War 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 ships ''Belleville'', ''Janus'', ''Aeos'', ''Ganges'', and ''Leonidas'' seized there on 31 July 1812.<ref name="LG32">{{London Gazette|issue=17124|page=327|date=2 April 1816}}</ref>{{efn|An ordinary seaman received 4s 1d; the Commander in Chief received £230 10s 8d.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=17135|page=880|date=30 October 1821}}</ref>}}

On 17 September ''Indefatigable'', {{HMS|Hearty|1805|2}}, {{HMS|Desiree|1800|2}}, {{HMS|Drake|1808|2}}, {{HMS|Primrose|1810|2}}, and [[French brig Nettuno (1807)|''Cretan'']] shared in the capture of ''Dankbarheide''.<ref name="LG33">{{London Gazette|issue=16881|page=767|date=9 April 1814}}</ref> When the gun-brig ''Hearty'' detained the Prussian vessel ''Friede'' on 29 September, ''Indefatigable'', ''Desiree'', ''Primrose'', ''Cretan'', ''Drake'', were either in company or sharing by agreement.<ref name="LG34">{{London Gazette|issue=16745|page=1252|date=26 June 1813}}</ref>

''Indefatigable'' was reported to have been at Lima on 11 July 1815, about to sail for the Galápagos Islands.<ref>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2735027?urlappend=%3Bseq=207 ''LL'' 5 December 1815, №5028.]</ref>

==Fate==
''Indefatigable'' was finally paid off in 1815. She was broken up at Sheerness in August 1816.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|pp=95–96}}

==Legacy==
''Indefatigable'' is the namesake of [[Indefatigable Island]],{{sfnp|McEwen|1988|p=236}} the alternative English name of [[Santa Cruz Island (Galapagos)|Santa Cruz Island]] in the [[Galapagos Archipelago]].

==Prizes==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:85%; align-center"
!colspan="6" | Vessels captured or destroyed for which ''Indefatigable''{{'}}s crew received full or partial credit
|-
! Date|| Ship || Nationality|| Type ||Fate || Ref.
|-
|9 March 1795
|''Temeraire''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Merchant ship
|Captured
|<ref name="LG1"/>
|-
|9 March 1795
|''Minerve''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Merchant ship
|Captured
|<ref name="LG1"/>
|-
|9 March 1795
|''Gentille''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Merchant ship
|Captured
|<ref name="LG1"/>
|-
|9 March 1795
|''Regeneration''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Merchant ship
|Captured
|<ref name="LG1"/>
|-
|9 March 1795
|Not recorded
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Merchant [[brig]]
|Captured
|<ref name="LG1"/>
|-
|9 March 1795
|Not recorded
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Merchant [[sloop]]
|Captured
|<ref name="LG1"/>
|-
|11–21 March 1795
|''Favorite Sultana''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Merchant ship
|Captured
|<ref name=LG13884/><ref name="LG2"/>
|-
|11–21 March 1795
|''Friends''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Merchant brig
|Captured
|<ref name=LG13884/><ref name="LG2"/>
|-
|11–21 March 1795
|Not recorded
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Merchant brig
|Destroyed
|<ref name=LG13884/><ref name="LG2"/>
|-
|11–21 March 1795
|Not recorded
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|[[Chasse maree]]
|Destroyed
|<ref name=LG13884/><ref name="LG2"/>
|-
|11–21 March 1795
|''Providence''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Chasse maree
|Captured
|<ref name=LG13884/><ref name="LG2"/>
|-
|11–21 March 1795
|Not recorded
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Merchant brig
|Destroyed
|<ref name=LG13884/><ref name="LG2"/>
|-
|11–21 March 1795
|''Four Marys''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Merchant brig
|Captured
|<ref name=LG13884/><ref name="LG2"/>
|-
|11–21 March 1795
|''Aimable Justine''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Merchant brig
|Captured
|<ref name=LG13884/><ref name="LG2"/>
|-
|11–21 March 1795
|''Nouvelle Union''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Merchant brig
|Captured
|<ref name=LG13884/><ref name="LG2"/>
|-
|13 April 1796
|[[French frigate Gracieuse (1787)|''Unité'']]
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|32-gun [[frigate]]
|Captured
|<ref name="LG3"/>
|-
|21 April 1796
|{{ship|French frigate|Virginie|1794|2}}
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|44-gun frigate
|Captured
|<ref name=LG13887/>
|-
|12 June 1796
|''Trois Couleurs''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|10-gun brig
|Captured
|<ref name="LG4"/><ref name="LG5"/>
|-
|12 June 1796
|''Blonde''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|16-gun brig
|Captured
|<ref name="LG4"/><ref name="LG5"/>
|-
|September 1796
|Not recorded
|[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] Spanish
|Merchant ship
|Captured
|<ref name="LG6"/>
|-
|September 1796
|Not recorded
|[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] Spanish
|Merchant ship
|Captured
|<ref name="LG6"/>
|-
|September 1796
|Not recorded
|[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] Spanish
|Merchant ship
|Captured
|<ref name="LG6"/>
|-
|September 1796
|Not recorded
|[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] Spanish
|Merchant ship
|Captured
|<ref name="LG6"/>
|-
|September 1796
|Not recorded
|[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] Spanish
|Merchant ship
|Captured
|<ref name="LG6"/>
|-
|1 October 1796
|''Vrow Delenea Maria''
|[[File:Flag of the navy of the Batavian Republic.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] Dutch
|Merchant ship
|Captured
|<ref name=LG15348/>
|-
|2 October 1796
|''Queen of Naples''
|[[File:Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] British
|Merchant brig
|Recaptured
|<ref name=LG13941/>
|-
|2 October 1796
|''Ariel''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|12-gun [[privateer]] [[schooner]]
|Captured
|<ref name=LG13941/>
|-
|2 October 1796
|''Revanche''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Not recorded
|Captured
|<ref name="LG7"/>
|-
|January 1797
|''Sangossee''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|[[Packet (sea transport)|Packet]]
|Captured
|<ref name="LG7"/>
|-
|13 January 1797
|{{ship|French ship|Droits de l'Homme||2}}
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|74-gun [[ship of the line]]
|Destroyed
|<ref name=LG13792/>
|-
|30 April 1797
|''Basque''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|8-gun privateer [[brigantine]]
|Captured
|<ref name=LG14011/>
|-
|11 May 1797
|[[HMS Eugenie (1797)|''Nouvelle Eugénie'']]
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|16-gun privateer [[razee]]
|Captured
|<ref name="LG8"/>
|-
|14 October 1797
|{{ship|French corvette|Ranger||2}}
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|14-gun brig [[corvette]]
|Captured
|<ref name=LG14065/>
|-
|15 October 1797
|Not recorded
|[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] Spanish
|Merchant schooner
|Captured
|<ref name=LG14065/>
|-
|25 October 1797
|[[HMS Hyaena (1778)|''Hyène'']]
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|24-gun privateer
|Captured
|<ref name=LG14065/>
|-
|11 January 1798
|''Vengeur''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|12-gun privateer schooner
|Captured
|<ref name=LG14083/>
|-
|16 January 1798
|''Inconcevable''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|8-gun privateer
|Captured
|<ref name=LG14083/>
|-
|28 January 1798
|''Heureuse Nouvelle''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|22-gun privateer
|Captured
|<ref name="LG9"/>
|-
|30 April 1798
|''Basque''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|8-gun brigantine privateer
|Captured
|<ref name=LG14011/>
|-
|11 July 1798
|''Hope''
|Not recorded
|Not recorded
|Captured
|<ref name="LG10"/>
|-
|4 August 1798
|''Heureux''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|16-gun privateer
|Captured
|<ref name=LG15049/>
|-
|5 August 1798
|''Canada''
|[[File:Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] British
|Merchant ship
|Recaptured, destroyed
|<ref name=LG15049/>
|-
|8 August 1798
|[[HMS Danae (1798)|''Vaillante'']]
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|22-gun corvette
|Captured
|<ref name="LG11"/>
|-
|15 November 1798
|''Mercurius''
|Not recorded
|Merchant ship
|Captured
|<ref name=LG15200/>
|-
|31 December 1798
|''Minerve''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|16-gun privateer
|Captured
|<ref name=LG15096/>
|-
|1 January 1799
|''Asphalon''
|[[File:Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] British
|Merchant ship
|Recaptured
|<ref name=LG15096/>
|-
|10 January 1799
|''Providence''
|[[File:Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] British
|Merchant ship
|Recaptured
|<ref name="LG12"/>
|-
|14 January 1799
|''Argo''
|[[File:Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] British
|Merchant ship
|Recaptured
|<ref name=LG15200/>
|-
|January 1799
|''Ann and Dorothea''
|[[File:Flag of Denmark.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] Danish
|Merchant schooner
|Recaptured
|<ref name=LG15096/>
|-
|5 February 1799
|''Pomona''
|[[File:Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] British
|Merchant ship
|Recaptured
|<ref name="LG12"/>
|-
|9 February 1799
|''Wohlfarden''
|Not recorded
|Merchant ship
|Recaptured
|<ref name="LG12"/>
|-
|31 May 1799
|''Vénus''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|12-gun brig
|Captured
|<ref name=LG15146/>
|-
|9 October 1799
|''Nostra Senora de la Solidad''
|[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] Spanish
|Merchant brig
|Captured
|<ref name="LG13"/>
|-
|7 November 1799
|''Brailsford''
|[[File:Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] British
|Merchant ship
|Recaptured
|<ref name="LG14"/>
|-
|6 January 1800
|''Ursule''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Merchant brig
|Captured
|<ref name="LG15"/>
|-
|11 January 1800
|''Vidette''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Not recorded
|Captured
|<ref name=LG15344/>
|-
|12 June 1800
|''Vengeur''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|16-gun privateer brig
|Captured
|<ref name="LG16"/>
|-
|3 July 1800
|''Cultivator''
|[[File:Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] British
|Merchant brig
|Recaptured
|<ref name="LG17"/>
|-
|14 July 1800
|''Favori''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Not recorded
|Captured
|<ref name=LG15344/>
|-
|15 July 1800
|''Phoenix''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Not recorded
|Captured
|<ref name="LG18"/>
|-
|22 October 1800
|{{ship|French corvette|Vénus|1794|2}}
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|32-gun frigate
|Captured
|<ref name=LG15308/>
|-
|30 May 1801
|''Temeraire''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Not recorded
|Captured
|<ref name="LG19"/>
|-
|23 July 1801
|''Bien Aimé''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Not recorded
|Captured
|<ref name="LG19"/>
|-
|9 August 1804
|{{ship||William Heathcote|1800 ship|2}}
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] British
|[[West Indiaman]]
|Recaptured
|<ref name="LG20"/>
|-
|5 October 1804
|[[HMS Iphigenia (1804)|''Medéa'']]
|[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] Spanish
|42-gun frigate
|Captured
|<ref name=LG15747/>
|-
|5 October 1804
|[[Spanish ship Fama|''Fama'']]
|[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] Spanish
|36-gun frigate
|Captured
|<ref name=LG15747/>
|-
|5 October 1804
|[[HMS Leocadia (1804)|''Clara'']]
|[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] Spanish
|36-gun frigate
|Captured
|<ref name=LG15747/>
|-
|5 October 1804
|[[Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes|''Mercedes'']]
|[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] Spanish
|36-gun frigate
|Destroyed
|<ref name=LG15747/>
|-
|16 July 1806
|{{ship||César|1802 ship|2}}
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|18-gun corvette
|Captured
|<ref name=LG15941/>
|-
|19 October 1806
|''Achille''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Chasse maree
|Captured
|<ref name="LG21"/>
|-
|19 October 1806
|''Jenny''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Chasse maree
|Captured
|<ref name="LG21"/>
|-
|19 October 1806
|''Marianne''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Chasse maree
|Captured
|<ref name="LG21"/>
|-
|5 December 1807
|''Pamelia''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Merchant ship
|Captured
|<ref name=LG16258/>
|-
|26 December 1807
|''Eliza''
|[[File:US flag 13 stars – Betsy Ross.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] American
|Merchant ship
|Captured
|<ref name="LG22"/>
|-
|7 January 1808
|''Fanny''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|[[Galiot]]
|Captured
|<ref name="LG23"/>
|-
|31 July 1808
|''Diane''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|14-gun [[letter of marque]]
|Captured
|<ref name=LG16169/><ref name="LG24"/>
|-
|19 August 1808
|''Adele''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Not recorded
|Captured
|<ref name=LG16256/><ref name="LG24"/>
|-
|1 September 1808
|''Sally''
|[[File:US flag 13 stars – Betsy Ross.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] American
|Merchant ship
|Captured
|<ref name="LG25"/>
|-
|9 September 1808
|''Peggy''
|[[File:US flag 13 stars – Betsy Ross.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] American
|Merchant ship
|Captured
|<ref name="LG25"/>
|-
|1 November 1808
|''Bonne Louise''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Not recorded
|Captured
|<ref name=LG16258/>
|-
|14 January 1809
|''Clarisse''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|3-gun privateer [[lugger]]
|Captured
|<ref name="LG26"/>
|-
|20 February 1809
|''Matilda''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Merchant schooner
|Captured
|<ref name="LG27"/>
|-
|24 March 1809
|''Neptunus''
|[[File:Flag of Denmark.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] Danish
|Merchant brig
|Captured
|<ref name=LG16308/>
|-
|28 March 1809
|''Nymphe''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Merchant ship
|Captured
|<ref name=LG16308/>
|-
|11 January 1810
|[[Mouche No. 2-class schooner-avisos#Mouche No. 28|''Mouche № 26'']]
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|1-gun [[dispatch boat]]
|Captured
|<ref name="Fonds1"/>
|-
|6 May 1810
|''Camilla''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Chasse maree
|Captured
|<ref name="LG28"/>
|-
|6 May 1810
|''Bonne Rencontre''
|[[File:Flag of France.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] French
|Chasse maree
|Captured
|<ref name="LG28"/>
|-
|13 June 1810
|''Flora''
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] British
|Merchant ship
|Recaptured
|<ref name="LG29"/>
|-
|20 October 1810
|''Intrigua''
|[[File:Flag of Portugal.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] Portuguese
|Merchant brig
|Recaptured
|<ref name="LG30"/>
|-
|15 January 1811
|''Matilda''
|[[File:US flag 13 stars – Betsy Ross.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] American
|Merchant ship
|Captured
|<ref name="LG31"/>
|-
|31 July 1812
|''Belleville''
|[[File:US flag 13 stars – Betsy Ross.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] American
|Merchant ship
|Captured
|<ref name="LG32"/>
|-
|31 July 1812
|''Janus''
|[[File:US flag 13 stars – Betsy Ross.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] American
|Merchant ship
|Captured
|<ref name="LG32"/>
|-
|31 July 1812
|''Aeos''
|[[File:US flag 13 stars – Betsy Ross.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] American
|Merchant ship
|Captured
|<ref name="LG32"/>
|-
|31 July 1812
|''Ganges''
|[[File:US flag 13 stars – Betsy Ross.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] American
|Merchant ship
|Captured
|<ref name="LG32"/>
|-
|31 July 1812
|''Leonidas''
|[[File:US flag 13 stars – Betsy Ross.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] American
|Merchant ship
|Captured
|<ref name="LG32"/>
|-
|17 September 1812
|''Dankbarheide''
|Not recorded
|Merchant ship
|Captured
|<ref name="LG33"/>
|-
|29 September 1812
|''Friede''
|[[File:Flag of Prussia.svg|frameless|upright=0.15]] Prussian
|Merchant ship
|Captured
|<ref name="LG34"/>
|}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
===Citations===
{{reflist}}

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* Fonds Marine. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120417023840/http://www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr/contenu/functions/dc/attached/FRSHD_PUB_00000226_dc/FRSHD_PUB_00000226_dc_att-FRSHD_PUB_00000226_02.pdf Campagnes (opérations; divisions et stations navales; missions diverses)]. Inventaire de la sous-série Marine BB4. Tome premier : BB4 210 à 482 (1805–1826)
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