HMS Martin (1809)

In August Martin detained and sent into the Downs the American vessel Oliver Elsworth, of Wilmington.

Volador had been carrying a cargo consisting of some boxes of silk, window glass, and specie.

[7] Also on 30 May, Statira, Spartan, and Martin captured the brig Commerce, of 185 tons (bm), T. Collinnck, master.

[8] On 2 June Statira, Spartan, and Martin captured the brig Flor de Lisboa, F.D.Viena, master.

[5] On 14 June, Statira and Martin detained Carl Gustaf, of 374 tons (bm), G.B.Baker, master.

[10] That same day Statira, Spartan, and Martin captured the schooner Del Carmen, J.Invida, master.

[11] On 22 June, Statira, Spartan, and Martin captured the brig Carlotta, J.DaLonza Carvoutha Souza, master.

A flotilla of eight American gun-boats and two block-vessels took advantage of the opportunity to position themselves so as to put Martin between them and Junon.

[14] On 7 October 1813 an American privateer captured Margaret, Dunn, master, of and from St Johns, New Brunswick, and on her way to Martinique.

[15] On 27 November Martin captured the schooner Dove, Benjamin Barber, master, and sent her into St Johns, New Brunswick.

Hannah, Connelley, master, had been sailing from Demerara to Bermuda with a cargo of rum and molasses.

[22] On 30 June 1814 Martin captured the American privateer schooner Snapdragon, of six guns and 80 men,[23] off Hambro Head.

[25] On 11 July, Martin assisted in the British taking possession of Moose island, in Passamaquoddy Bay, which was accomplished without casualties.

During the night her crew threw guns and shot overboard to lighten her but by morning it was clear that she was being driven towards land.

[26] Newspaper accounts have her foundering in the Atlantic Ocean 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Kilrush, County Clare, with the loss of five of her crew.