The 80-gun French Navy ship of the line Indivisible received the credit for the actual capture.

On 8 January she was present when Daedalus and Majestic captured the French troopship Suffern off Ushant.

[2] On 11 February 1800 Phoenix and Incendiary captured the French privateer Éole off Cape Spartel.

[3] In April 1800, Incendiary was on blockade duty at Cadiz as part of a squadron under Rear-Admiral John Thomas Duckworth.

On 5 April the squadron sighted a Spanish convoy comprising thirteen merchant vessels and three accompanying frigates, and at once gave chase.

[8] Incendiary, under the command of Captain Richard Dun(n), was crossing the Gulf of Cádiz when at daybreak lookouts sighted two ships of the line.

[9] Captain Dunn, of Incendiary, underwent a court martial on 6 May aboard HMS Gladiator for the loss of his vessel.