In January 1812, Admiral Edward Pellew appointed Lieutenant Richard Howell Fleming to command Pyllades, later renamed Carlotta.
Under Fleming's command Carlotta captured several small vessels, including a French privateer, and partook of various services on the coasts of Tuscany and Genoa.
[Note 1] On 13 October 1812 Carlotta detained the settee St Vittoria and put a prize crew consisting of Midshipman Hugh Stewart Morris and two sailors, Francis Baynson and François Richie, on board with instructions that they were to sail her in company with Carlotta to Malta.
Then he scuttled St Vittoria, but sold the wreck for 373 ounces of gold to a man named "Fellipo".
A court martial convened at Port Mahon aboard Hibernia on 8 and 9 April 1813 sentenced all three miscreants to be mulcted of all outstanding pay and prize money.