Napoleonic Wars
During the Napoleonic Wars, Captain took part in the capture of Martinique in 1809. Earlier, in 1807 it had been one of the escorts for the expedition leaving Falmouth that would eventually attack Buenos Aires. Turned back north once the expedition reached the Cape Verde Islands
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