She participated in one notable single ship action that resulted (many years later) in the Admiralty awarding her crew the Naval General service Medal (NGSM).

On 25 March 1809 the French sloop Fortunée arrived in Bermuda, a prize to Thistle.

[3] In late October Thistle sent into Halifax, Nova Scotia the American vessel Susquehanna, Brown, master.

According to Lieutenant Proctor, she was the Batavian naval corvette Havik (1808 ship), of 10 guns, though pierced for 18.

[4] According to Dutch sources, Havik, Lieutenant Steelingh, captain, had an estimated burthen of 200–250 tons.

Thistle carried to London the seaman Robert Jeffrey who in 1807 Commander Warwick Lake of HMS Recruit had marooned on Sombrero, Anguilla.

[8] The government hired Thistle to carry dispatches and the January mail for New York from Falmouth, Cornwall.

Lloyd's List reported that Thistle had been lost on 6 March 1811 near New York, United States with the loss of six of her crew.

[9] The subsequent courtmartial established that the loss was due to the inaccuracy of the chart, which showed incorrect soundings.