[2] On 7 June 1805 Alcide captured Hannah, of Greenock, which had been returning to Britain from Newfoundland.

[3][a] HMS Egyptienne's boats cut out the privateer Alcide from Muros on 8 March 1806 under incessant but ineffective fire from two shore batteries.

Captain Archibald Duff commissioned Muros in March 1807 prior to her undergoing fitting at Plymouth.

The British had received intelligence that the Spanish were erecting fortifications at Honda Bay and the Navy despatched Muros to attack and ideally to destroy the works.

As the two vessels approached the bay just before dusk, the pilot gave a warning that was too late and Muros grounded on a sandbank.