A French naval squadron captured her in 1809 on her sixth voyage and she became a prison ship at Mauritius until the Royal Navy recaptured her at the end of 1810.

She became a country ship, trading east of the Cape of Good Hope, and was lost in the Red Sea in 1812.

[1] Captain John Altham Cumberlege acquired a letter of marque on 1 February 1801.

Charlton reached Madras on 26 July and arrived at Diamond Harbour on 23 August.

[1] French Commodore Jacques Hamelin, raided across the Bay of Bengal in 1809 with his squadron and achieved local superiority, capturing numerous merchant ships and minor warships.

On 18 November 1809, three ships of Hamelin's squadron, the frigates Vénus and Manche, and the brig Créole, encountered and captured Charlton, Windham, and United Kingdom.

Among the prizes was the "East Indiaman Charlton (prison ship) of 30 guns and 900 tons".

[5] After her recapture, Charlton became a country ship, that is, a vessel that traded east of the Cape of Good Hope.