[3] A week later Peacock was in company with the 74-gun Defence at the capture of the Danish ship Anna Karina.

[d] On 24 February 1813 Peacock encountered USS Hornet off the mouth of the Demerara River.

Within 15 minutes Peake was dead, British casualties were heavy, and Peacock was a wreck.

[2] Peacock sank in five and a half fathoms of water (33 ft; 10 m) of the Caroband Bank.

When it became clear that an engagement was imminent, the Americans asked to be permitted to go below so as not to have to fight against their countrymen.

[9] Eventually, Peacock's surviving officers and crew were put on a cartel on which they reached Britain in June.

[6] In 1814 Commander John Taylor underwent a court martial, the charges including that he had failed to join the engagement.