cargoes of brandy and wine. They were: Aimable François, of 55 tons, Geldo Bouligan, master; Maria Joseph, of 48 tons, Pierre Midago, master; St Pierre, of 39 tons, Pierre Hoeck, master; and lastly, Notre Dame De Consolation, of 36 tons, Clouarie, master. On 8 February 1801 Nile came into Plymouth from Quiberon with the officers of , which had wrecked there, with no loss of life. However, the French had captured 20 of her men when they reached shore. Nile went in with a flag of truce to ascertain their fate. rescued those crew members of Requin that the French hadn't captured. Earlier during this cruise, Lieutenant Argles and Nile drove on shore a cutter of sixteen 12-pounders and a lugger of twelve 9-pounders. Heavy fire from shore batteries prevented Nile from recovering them. At high tide the French were able to recover the two vessels, though fire from Nile had damaged them badly, and take them into Morbihan. Around this time Argeles received promotion to the rank of Commander. Lieutenant T. Newton replaced him in command of Nile. On 13 May Newton brought Nile into Plymouth after a two-hour battle with a French 16-cutter in Douarnenez Bay. The French vessel, which had a large number of soldiers aboard, eventually took refuge under the guns of a large shore battery. Both vessels were much damaged and Nile suffered one man wounded. Newton believed that the French cutter had tried to disable Niles rigging so that it could come up with and take her by boarding. Nile shared with , , and the hired armed cutter Flirt in the proceeds of the capture of San Pedro D'Alcantare. San Pedro D'Alcantare was captured on 27 July 1801. On the same day Nile also captured Egalité. In August 1801, Niles boats attempted to cut out a French brig sheltering in Douarnenez Bay Bay. A musket shot killed Newton and the fire from shore batteries was so intense that the boats withdrew, giving up their attempt. On 19 November 1801 Nile departed Torbay for Plymouth to be paid off. 1803 Nile may have been the cutter Nile, of 135 tons (bm), 30 men, and twelve 6 & 12-pounder guns, whose master, Solomon Bellevill jnr., received a letter of marque on 11 June 1803. In August the privateer Success, of Jersey, and the cutter Nile, of Hastings, captured Union, Pancen, master. Union had been sailing