HMS Bacchus was a Dutch 10-gun schooner launched c.1806 that the British Royal Navy captured in 1807 and took into service in 1808 under her existing name.

She served in several campaigns that earned her crews clasps to the Naval General Service Medal.

[4] In early August Bacchus sailed with a flag of truce to the Oronoque carrying a three-man delegation.

[4] Four decades later the operation was among the actions recognised by the clasp "Martinique" attached to the Naval General Service Medal (NGSM), awarded upon application to all British participants still living in 1847.

A British squadron under Captain George Miller in Thetis arrived at Deshaies on 12 December to reconnoiter the harbour.