[3][4] Between 12 April and 22 May she assisted at the siege of Danzig, together with the hired armed sloop Sally, and HMS Falcon.
[5][6] Charles proved herself useful during the siege and when the British squadron left, evacuated some of General Nikolay Kamensky's troops.
[3] However, in June Charles brought into the Humber two Danish schooners laden with grain, Hercules and Saint Peter.
[13] The prize money announcement reports the capture occurred on 3 June, and that commander of the "hired armed brig Charles" was Lieutenant R.
[14] On 1 August "His Majesty's Hired Armed Ship Charles", R.H. Hexter, "late commander", captured Vrow Christine.
[15] Then on 13 May 1809, the "hired armed ship Charles", under the command of R.H. Hexter, in company with HMS Talbot, captured Dredokken.
[18] On 4 September 1810 she brought into Grimsby two vessels that she had detained, Jonge Johanes and Neptunus, which was carrying a cargo of fish.
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