HMS Talbot was a British Royal Navy 18-gun sloop-of-war built by James Heath & Sons, of East Teignmouth, and launched in 1807.

Perhaps her greatest accomplishment was the reversal of the liberation of Iceland that the colorful, erratic, former Royal Navy seaman and privateer Jørgen Jørgensen had carried out.

[3] The Admiralty commissioned Talbot in September 1807 under Commander the Honourable Alexander Jones, who about a year later sailed her to Portugal.

[3][a] In 1808 Jones and Talbot took three prizes: Lykens Proven (14 April), Union (17 May), and Bon Jesus e Almar (9 May).

Jørgensen had arrested the Danish governor and proclaimed himself "His Excellency, the Protector of Iceland, Commander in Chief by Land and Sea".

With Talbot's arrival, the Danish government was restored and Jørgensen was taken to England, where he ended up in prison for more than a year, but for breaking parole after his earlier capture by Sappho, not for his adventures in Iceland.

[b] On 30 November she was in company with the frigate Saldanha as they sailed from Lough Swilly, Donegal, where they were based.

However, it turned out that the US and Great Britain had signed a peace treaty on Christmas Eve 1814, so she was not a prize.

Furthermore, John was lost to "the perils of the sea" while in custody, leading to a suit by her owners against Talbot's captain.

First whaling voyage (1818–1822): Captain Bonifal or Bunnifer or Bunfer or Thompson sailed from England on 1 December 1818, bound for the Galápagos Islands.

[2] Voyages to Ceylon and India: The Register of Shipping for 1826 shows George with Berscan (or Burscan), master, and trade London–Ceylon.

[17] Third whaling voyage (1828–1831): Captain M'Alley (or McCully) left England on 28 July 1828, bound for New Zealand and the Pacific Ocean.