[4] On 6 May 1800, His Majesty's hired armed schooner Earl St Vincent, under the command of Lieutenant Henry Boys, captured the Spanish privateer Santa Ysabella (alias Saavedra).
When she returned to Plymouth on 8 July she brought in Cheri, a valuable French brig, bound for Bordeaux from Cayenne with a cargo of cocoa, coffee and dye-wood.
[10] On 21 July Lieutenant Boyce received orders to fit for foreign service and the following day he went into the Sound and sailed with a convoy to the eastward.
[13] Lloyd's List reported on 22 April 1802 that the Earl St Vincent's cutter had detained Fedre Lunder, Geudt, master, as she was sailing from to Copenhagen, and sent her into the Downs.
[14] The second Earl St Vincent was a cutter of fourteen 12-pounder carronades and 19416⁄94 tons (bm) that served the Royal Navy from 3 May 1804 until 3 March 1806 when she was returned to her owners.