[4] On 4 June 1809, Jean Bart captured her first prize of the cruise, a Spanish merchantman laden with wheat, bound for San Feliu from Malta, and sent her to France.

[5][Note 3] The next day, she captured two Spanish ships: another pink, laden with wheat, and a three-masted polacca with unspecified cargo, both sailing from Sardinia to Mahón.

Eagle, Thomas Walker, master, with a 15-man crew and 14 12-pounder guns, was bound from Palerma and Malta with four passengers and a load of leather, dye, blackwood, iron and various other goods.

[4] On 11 March, she captured the British polacca Valetta, Edward Molley, master, bound from Malta to Bristol with a load of cotton and various other goods.

[9] The next day, having effected temporary repairs, Jean Bart captured the British Catherine, Philippe Medicy, master, bound from Malta to Mahón and Tarragona with a load of cotton.

[5][Note 6] However, the mainmast of Jean Bart was found to be more severely damaged by the battle of the 23rd than previously understood, and Roux set sail to return to Marseille.

[6][Note 8] On 2 February 1811, she captured the American 156-ton brig Star, John Holman, master, sailing from Salem to Palerma with an 11-man crew and a load of coffee, indigo, dye, spices and cod.

[5] In both of these cases, Roux illegally displayed his true colours only after the masters of the ships had arrived aboard Jean Bart[Note 9] and produced their papers; the capture of Star was voided by the tribunal, probably for this reason.