[2] Four days later Lapenoitiere and Orestes captured two Dutch fishing vessels, Jonge Classina and Hoop Van Winsl.

[5] Then on 26 May, Orestes was in company with the third rate Resolution and the hired armed cutter Lord Keith when they captured Hoppet and Neptunus.

[6] During the summer, Orestes was in the North Sea as part of the fleet under Admiral Gambier that engaged in the second battle of Copenhagen.

On 16 November Orestes was off Elsinore, engaging in an exchange of fire with some shore batteries while attempting to recapture a British vessel the Danes had captured.

Browne credited Lord Viscount Neville of the brig Acteon and "Captain Davies", of Orestes, with having blocked Lezard's escape.

[b][c] Lastly, Browne further reported that the three British men-of-war had recaptured the English ship Weymouth, from Gibraltar, shortly before she could reach Aber Wrac'h.

[13] A little over two months later, on 9 May, Orestes was eight leagues South-west by East of The Lizard when she was finally able to capture the French privateer schooner Dorade after a seven-hour chase.

Dorade carried ten guns and a crew of 43 men under the command of Emmanuel Ives Le Roux.

Dorade was a new vessel on her first cruise; she had left the Île de Batz only the previous evening and had made no captures.

He gave chase and within an hour was able to bring her to action as a shot from Orestes had carried away the privateer's main haulyards.

[24] A French privateer lugger of 14 guns and 130 men had captured Ann of the Eddystone but Orestes was able to recapture her within four hours.