[2] On 29 November he sailed her to the West Indies to join Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood's squadron.

Hope's cargo was condemned at the Tobago vice admiralty court, and Fly's crew received prize money from the capture in December 1784.

[7] On 28 May near St Lucia Shelanagig encountered the French fleet under Comte de Grasse, which captured her.

Only Munster Lass managed to rejoin the British fleet, and it was she that brought the news of Tobago's surrender.

[9] The Royal Navy's West India squadron recaptured Schelanagig, in 1782, but there is no report of her subsequent disposition.