In January 1806 Captain Charles Dashwood of HMS Franchise received information that several Spanish vessels had anchored in the Bay of Campeche and he determined to try to cut them out.

On the night of 6 January Franchise arrived some five leagues off the town of Campeche and Dashwood had her anchor in four fathoms as the water was too shallow to come any closer.

[3] Because of the distance they had to row, the British were unable to approach closely until 4am, by which time the moon had risen, they had been spotted, and the Spaniards alerted.

[1] In June Lloyd's List reported that Raposa had detained Union, Smart, master, as she was sailing from New York to St Domingo.

[5] In August, Rapsoa was at Port Royal, Jamaica, having delivered a letter and some enclosures from General Francisco de Miranda, the Venezuelan revolutionary.

[7] On 14 February 1808, Raposa was cruising in the Caribbean Sea some 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) west of Cartagena, New Granada, when she sighted a schooner and three sloops.

[8] The subsequent court martial of Violett, his officers, and crew, took place on 11 April aboard HMS Arethusa at Port Royal.