She and HMS Invincible, Captain William Cayley, were escorting a convoy to the West Indies when on 1 April at 37°11′N 16°16′W / 37.183°N 16.267°W / 37.183; -16.267 they encountered the French privateer Alexander and her prize Signior Montcalm.

Alexander, of Nantes, was armed with 10 guns and had a crew of 66 men under the command of Captain Petre Edite.

Captain Cayley sent Albicore and Signior Montcalm to Madeira, with orders to rejoin the convoy as soon as possible.

Athénienne was armed with 14 guns and had a crew of 83 men under the command of lieutenant de vaisseau Gervais.

[5] Winthrop sailed to join Albacore as a passenger on HMS Alfred under captain Thomas Drury.

Sometime before 11 May, 1799 she seized American brigantine "Neptune" that was returning to the U.S. in ballast after being a flag of truce vessel transporting French passengers to St.

[10] Also in May 1799 Albacore's boats chased a Spanish settee into a bay east of Santiago de Cuba, and onshore.

[13] The "Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy" offered the "Albacore Sloop, 336 Tons, Copper-fastened, lying at Sheerness" for sale on 20 January 1802.