Bacchante served in the West Indies, where she captured several armed Spanish and French vessels before the Navy sold her in 1809.

[3] By 1801 Bacchante was back in naval service and at Havre under the command of lieutenant de vaisseau Bellenger.

At the outbreak of war after the collapse of the Treaty of Amiens, Bacchante came under the command of lieutenant de vaisseau François-Louis Kerimel and joined Volage and Observateur.

Kerimel's attempts to escape resulted in Bacchante losing eight men killed and nine wounded; her return fire caused no casualties on Endymion.

Captain Charles Paget of Endymion described Bacchante as a "remarkably fine Ship, of large Dimensions, quite New, and sails very fast.

On 18 February Bacchante was at Plymouth under orders to proceed station herself off Falmouth to meet the Lisbon and Oporto convoys and escort them to their ports.

[1] On 3 April 1805, Bacchante captured the Spanish naval schooner Elizabeth of ten guns and 47 men under the command of Don Josef Fer Fexegron.

The tower stood 40' high, had three 24-pounders on its top, loopholes for muskets around its circumference, and had a garrison of a captain and 30 men.

[11] On 22 June Bacchante and the frigate Beaulieu left Portsmouth escorting a convoy for the West Indies.

Dos Azares was armed with two 3-pounder guns and had a crew of 36 men under the command of Captain Ealletam Garcia.

Dacres reported that the three vessels were: The brig was the William, of four guns, which had been sailing from Liverpool to Africa when the Spanish captured her.

[15] On 14 February 1807, Bacchante captured the French navy schooner Dauphin off Cape Raphael after a 10-hour chase.

Dacres had Dauphin come into the harbour under her French flag, with Bacchante disguised as her prize and Mediator, a former merchantman, appearing to be a neutral ship.

Dacres estimated that French casualties had been high, but did not have a number as the Frenchmen took to the woods as the fort fell.

Griffon was armed with fourteen 24-pounder carronades and two 6-pounder guns, and had a crew of 105 men under the command of lieutenant de vaisseau Jacques Gautier.

[1] On 10 June 1808 Commander William Ward of Pelican received promotion to post captain in Bacchante, replacing Inglefield, who transferred to Daedalus.