Lloyd's List (LL) reported on 1 June 1798 that Archimedes, Howard, master, had been taken while sailing from Haambro to Petersburg.

[2] However, Lloyd's List showed Archimedes, Howard, master, in Elsinor in mid-July and Memel in early August.

The Register of Shipping (RS) for 1812 showed Archimedes with Haley, master, Corsbie, owner, and trade London transport.

[3] On 24–25 December 1811 a tremendous storm destroyed several vessels of an English convoy coming back to England from the Baltic.

HMS Hero, under captain James Newman-Newman, was wrecked on the Haak Sands at the mouth of the Texel with the loss of all but 12 of her crew.