[1] In June 1791, Curzon was given the sixth rate Lapwing, and was sent to Villefranche-sur-Mer to protect British property at the capture of Nice by the French in 1792.

[1] At the latter action, Cornwallis, in Royal Sovereign, kept Pallas close by to repeat his signals to the fleet, and Curzon was mentioned in despatches for his good performance.

[1] On 28 February 1799, Curzon took command of Indefatigable, and took part in a number of captures, including that of the corvette Vénus in 1800, accompanying the expedition to Ferrol in the autumn of that year.

Elizabeth was part of the fleet under Sir Charles Cotton that blockaded Lisbon during the "Anglo-Russian War", escorted the Russians to Portsmouth, and helped cover the evacuation after Corunna.

Having made a junction with the forces there and found no sign of the French, Curzon escorted a homeward-bound convoy and returned in April 1810.