[b] In July false reports circulated in the press that Atalante had captured the French ship Entreprenante, of superior force.

The four prizes had been on voyages from Charleston, South Carolina to the northern United States with cargoes consisting primarily of cotton and indigo.

On 23 April Atalante and the privateer Crown Solomon captured the brig Sibae, of 115 tons (bm), R. Carter, master.

[19][e] On 10 August 1813 Atalante arrived in Halifax with the news that as HMS Plantagenet was moored near Norfolk, Virginia, United States, forces attempted to destroy her with torpedoes built to Robert Fulton's specifications.

On 6 September, Captain Oliver of Valiant sent Acasta and Atalante up Long Island Sound "to endeavour to annoy the enemy".

[22] Atalante had been returning to Halifax to re-provision when on 8 November she sighted Cape Sable before a heavy fog settled on the area.

[22] One crew member of the Atalante later reported, In twelve minutes she was literally torn to pieces; the crew swam to the boats; and to see so many poor souls struggling for life, some naked, others on spares, casks, or anything tenable, was a scene painful beyond description ... To the honour of Captain Hickey, he was the last who left the wreck; his calmness, his humanity, and his courage, during the entire of this awful scene, was super to man: every thing is lost but our lives.

Captain Hickey reported, the "inhabitants of Portuguese cove behaved towards us all with every possible mark of hospitality, kindness, and attention, that humanity could dictate.