HMS Hotspur was a 36-gun Fifth-rate Apollo-class frigate of the Royal Navy, built by Parsons of Warsash and launched on 13 October 1810.

[1][2] On 30 April 1812 Sir William Bensley, Sovereign, Harriet, and City of London were at 25°40′N 23°5′W / 25.667°N 23.083°W / 25.667; -23.083 and under escort by Hotspur, which parted from them and returned to England.

In 1813 Hotspur was in Buenos Aires under the command of Captain Josceline Percy, the younger son of the Duke of Northumberland.

[4] On 26 October 1813, Hotspur and Pyramus captured the 225-ton (bm) American letter of marque Chesapeake off Nantes.

Captain Joseph Richardson had sailed Chesapeake from America to France and she left Nantes on 18 October 1813.