(One of these actions resulted in her boats qualifying for a clasp to the Naval General Service Medal.)

Ben Jonson, launched at Itchenor in February 1806, first appeared in online resources in 1815, as a West Indiaman.

[1] In June 1806, Richmond detained the American vessel Delaware, Ferier, master, which had been sailing from Amsterdam to New York, and sent her into Portsmouth.

[4] On 28 September Richmond sailed from Falmouth with the trade for Portugal, but separated from them in a gale on 7 October.

[5] On 20 April 1807 Lieutenant Heming sighted a lugger under Spanish colours, sheltering in a small bay some six leagues north of "Peruche" (possibly Pederneira on the coast of Portugal).

[9] The hired armed cutter Princess Augusta was in company with Richmond and Skylark when they captured the Dutch fishing vessels Meernia, Johanna, and Stadt Olderberg on 20 August 1808.

[17] On 14 June he captured a French privateer pierced for 10 guns, with a crew of 50 men, near Malaga.

[17] Subsequently Richmond fired on the castle at Frangerola while her boats brought out a vessel from under the walls.

[17] On 5 February 1812 Richmond sighted the French privateer Intrepide east of the Cap du Gatt on the coast of Grenada.

Five hours later Intrepide was sighted anchored in a bay under Cape Cope and Richmond sailed towards her.

[18][17][19] On 1 March 1812 Richmond drove ashore and destroyed an eight-gun privateer bound from Algiers to Malaga with a cargo of flour for the garrison there.

Disposal: The "Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy" offered the "Richmond gun-brig of 183 tons", lying at Deptford, for sale on 29 September 1814.

[3] On 10 April 1818 Ben Jonson, Gibson, master, was on her way from Cardiff to Constantinople when she came into Falmouth, having lost her main yard, anchor, and other rigging.

However, a letter from Constantinople dated 10 July reported that Ben Jonson had sustained substantial damage having grounded at Cardiff when she stopped there.

[26] However, Ben Jonson did not appear on lists of vessels trading with India under an EIC license.

Ben Jonson, Captain Symers sailed from Bengal for the Cape of Good Hope.

She started making 2½ feet of water an hour in her hold and so put into Mauritius on 22 July to repair.