In August 1781, Stag and Viper were in company when they recaptured the sloop Peggy and the cutter Hope.

[1] On 4 January 1782, Stag under the command of Captain Robert Palliser Cooper, captured the French privateer Anti-Briton.

[2] Anti-Briton was armed with twenty-two 6-pounder guns and had a crew of 104 men under the command of John Kelly.

Victoire was armed with two 8-pounder and fourteen 6-pounder guns, six of which she threw overboard during the chase, and a crew of 91 men.

The other French privateer, the cutter Eagle, of Dunkirk, was reportedly of the "same force" as Victoire, but had already left the area.