She made one voyage as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people but foundered on her way home.

Gironde was armed with 26 guns and had a complement of 260 men; reportedly, Bolton had 70 people (including passengers - presumably most of them the crew from Union), aboard her.

The engagement, which lasted about an hour, caused considerable damage to both ships.

Two passengers on Bolton were killed, and six of her crew, including Captain Watson, were wounded; Gironde had no casualties.

[12] This is not surprising as often reports in Lloyd's List, the source of the data, did not always specify which vessels sailing home from the West Indies were Guineamen.