In February 1806 Lloyd's List reported that Gallant Schemer, Gardner, master, had been captured while sailing from Bristol to Jamaica.

Although there is no mention in Lloyd's List or the London Gazette of a recapture of a vessel by that name, Lloyd's Register for 1808 showed Gallant Schemer with Reach, master, Bourgoyne, owner, and trade London–Gibraltar.

[6] In December 1811, she was driven ashore at Sheerness, Kent, England, during a voyage from Smyrna, Greece, to London.

[7] On 1 October 1813 the French privateer Babiole, after a brief exchange of gunfire, captured Gallant Schemer, Clement Worts,[8] master, which had been sailing from Smyrna.

[9] She had been carrying silk, "Near eastern antiques", gaiac wood, and sponges.