[1] Early in the morning of 24 April 1805 HMS Leda sighted twenty-six French vessels rounding Cap Gris Nez.

Honyman immediately ordered Fury, Harpy, Railleur, Bruiser, Gallant, Archer, Locust, Tickler, Watchful, Monkey, Firm, and Starling to intercept.

After a fight of about two hours, Starling and Locust had captured seven armed schuyts in an action within pistol-shot of the shore batteries on Cap Gris Nez.

[9] On 14 April Musquito, Ariadne, Monkey, and Blazer captured the merchant vessel Elizabeth Anna.

[12] Next, Monkey detained and sent into the Downs a dogger carrying sugar, coffee, tobacco, and rum to Hamburg.

[14] Lastly, Monkey detained the American ship Hamilton, which had been sailing from Amsterdam to Baltimore, and sent her into the Downs.

[1] LL reported on 6 October 1807 that Monkey had detained and sent into the Downs Flora, which had been sailing from Baltimore to Amsterdam.

[17] On 30 April 1809, Tartar captured Charlotte, with Superb, Stately, Vanguard, Allart, Constant, Monkey, and Urgent being in company or in sight.

In their haste to quit the vessels, the Danes failed to fire the fuse on a cask of gunpowder they had left by the fireplace on the largest lugger.

[22] On 29 April Monkey was in company with Armide and the hired armed cutter Adrian at the capture of Aimable Betzie.

Despite strong fire from shore batteries and the convoy's escorts, the British accounted for 17 ships, burning 13 of them and forcing four ashore.

After enduring gales for several days Fitzgerald steered her towards Belle Isle in Quiberon Bay to take shelter.

On 25 May 1814 the surviving officers and crew underwent a court-martial in Portsmouth aboard HMS Gladiator for the loss of Monkey.

The crew reported that Fitzgerald had jumped into the sea when waves smashed him between the hull and the rocks, breaking his legs.