At the time Argus was raiding in British waters and two days later Pelican sailed to join the hunt for the American.

On 14 August Pelican engaged Argus off St David's Head on the Pembrokeshire coast.

After an engagement lasting 45 minutes Pelican was in a position to board, at which point Argus struck.

In 1847 the Admiralty awarded the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Pelican 14 Augt.

Captain Thomas Mansell described Siro in a letter as being pierced for 16 guns though carrying twelve 9-pounders, and new and a fast sailer.

On 8 August 1826 Captain Charles Leonard Irby took command of Pelican while she was fitting out for the Mediterranean station.

Irby wrote to the Greek governor of Maina – Giovanni Mavromicali – instructing him to bring his galliot and an Ionian prize to Zante to have their papers checked.

[13] The Admiralty transferred Pelican to the Coast Guard in 1850, and she stayed at Rye, East Sussex until 1865.