Furthermore, when Grenada's commander saw that Kingfisher would capture Deux Amis, he chased and recaptured the sloop Hero.

[3] On 11 April 1805, her boats cut out the Spanish privateer Damas from an anchorage under Cape St. Juan.

Also that day Kingfisher and Hyaena captured a Spanish polacca sailing to Vera Cruz with merchandise.

[7] On 28 December Kingsfisher and Heureux captured the Spanish merchant brig Solidad, which was carrying brandy and wine from Cadiz to Vera Cruz.

[8] In 1806, Kingfisher was attached to the British squadron under Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth.

On 1 February she brought intelligence that a French squadron of three sail of the line had been seen steering towards the city of Santo Domingo.

Kingfisher was highly commended for her services in the aftermath of the action, with Cochrane being promoted to Post-captain.

In 1807 Kingfisher shared with the rest of Duckworth's squadron in the prize money for the capture of the Alexander, Jupiter and Brave.

[9] In 1847 the Admiralty would issue to any surviving crew members that claimed it the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "St. Domingo".

George Francis Seymour, who had been severely wounded while serving in Northumberland in the battle of San Domingo, succeeded Cochrane.

Here, she was operating off the Turkish coast near Karaman, when on 27 June 1808 she captured the French letter of marque Hercule after a six-hour chase and an hour-long fight.

Hercule, under Gerome Cavassa (a member of the Legion of Honour), was carrying a cargo of cotton from Aleppo and Cyprus to Marseilles or Genoa.

[18][b] In 1810, a midshipman from Kingfisher, together with a corporal of marines and four boys, captured a trabaccolo that turned out to have some 100 French soldiers aboard.

[c] 2 February 1813, after a five-hour chase, her boats captured one trabaccolo and ran nine ashore at St. Catherine's, Corfu, of which five were destroyed.