[4] On 2 July Seagull, Nautilus, King George, and Fox captured the Dutch privateer Klyne Sperwer.

[5] Three weeks later, on 23 July, after a three-hour chase, King George and Seagull captured the French privateer Captain Thurot near Christiansand.

Captaine Thurot was a small French privateer cutter armed with two brass 6-pounders and four swivels, and had a crew of 22.

She had already captured the ship Tom, of Liverpool, from Riga, with timber, and the brig Bachelor, of Saltcoats in Scotland.

[7] On 16 March 1798, the hired armed cutterTelemachus sighted the French privateer Sophie three miles from the Berry Head.

She was two days out of Saint Malo but had taken nothing; however, when the chase started, Sophie was close to three British merchant brigs.

[9] On 18 March 1799 the hired armed brig Telegraph captured the French privateer Hirondelle (Swallow) in a notable action.

[15] The East Indiaman Lord Nelson was on her return voyage when on 14 August she encountered the three-masted French privateer Bellone off Cape Clear, Ireland.

Bellone captured Lord Nelson and put a prize crew of 41 men on board under the command of Lieutenant Fougie.

Seagull had escorted a convoy from Plymouth to Cork and on her way back at around 1pm on 26 August, Burke sighted a large vessel and immediately set out in pursuit.