Flibustier had been in St Jean de Luz sheltering where shore batteries could protect her when she sought to escape because of the approach of Marquis of Wellington's army.

[6] Scriven believed that Flibustier was bound for Santona to relieve the garrison there as her cargo consisted of treasure, arms, ammunition, and salt provisions.

[8] The Marquis of Wellington requested a naval demonstration on 10 November at Socoa in the rear of the French lines of communication.

The French frigate Clorinde had put the crews of the five vessels she had captured (including Blenden Hall, which she abandoned), into Lusitania and released them.

On 2 April the boats of Porcupine captured one gun-brig, six gun-boats, one armed schooner, three chasse-marées, and an imperial barge.

[a] Two days later, the 74-gun Centaur joined Egmont to prepare to attack the French 74-gun Régulus, three brig-corvettes, other vessels lying near her, and the batteries that protected them.

Because Challenger was at Madras for the court martial, Lieutenant John M'Arthur Low, commander (acting) of Cameleon volunteered to carry the whole to Calcutta, without charging the normal freight service.

However, Philip Henry Bridges was acting commander of Zebra from December 1815 – November 1816, when he was promoted into Challenger, replacing Forbes.

Shortly after 18 November 1816 Challenger and the British East India Company's cruisers HCS Ariel, Mercury, and Vestal sailed from Bushire on a punitive expedition against Ras-al-Khaimah.

A party of 10 survivors sailed her cutter to Mauritius, where HMS Magicienne and Challenger happened to be at Port Louis.

[2] In January 1819, the London Gazette reported that Parliament had voted a grant to all those who had served under the command of Lord Viscount Keith in 1812, between 1812 and 1814, and in the Gironde.