and 52 men was on a cruise out of Portsmouth. On 17 September 1812, Emulous was among the vessels sharing in Spartans capture of the Melantho on 17 September. Melantho of 402 tons, William Davidson, master, had been sailing from Chile to Boston with a cargo of 229 tons of copper, nine bales of furs, and $48,000. On 21 September 1812, and captured the brig Ambition, sailing from Baltimore to Boston on 21 September 1812. Emulous and shared in the prize money. Ambition, Benjamin Shaw, of 139 tons (bm), master, had been carrying 804 barrels of flour. On 5 April 1813, she captured the American schooner privateer Cossack. Cossack, of Salem, 48 tons (bm), was pierced for 10 guns but carried only one long 18-pounder and had a crew of 40 men. Cossack arrived at Saint John, New Brunswick on 8 April. Cossac, a schooner, had been under the command of Jonathon Upton. On 18 April Emulous captured the American ship Bird. Bird, J.Hammond, master, was a schooner of 80 tons (bm), and carrying a cargo of 3,700 "hhd" of staves and 20,000 shingles. She had been sailing from Frenchman's Bay to the Spanish Main when Emulous captured her; Emulous took her into New Brunswick. On 5 May, Emulous, Shannon, , and captured the schooner Ann, of 142 tons, sailing from New Orleans to Bordeaux. Ann, J.B.Allison, master, was carrying a cargo of cotton, lead, and skins. That same day Nymphe, together with the same three other British ships, captured the American privateer Montgomery, of 12 guns and a crew of 75 (or 90) men. She was on her way home after a two-month cruise off the coast of Ireland. Montgomery, of Salem, was under the command of J.Strout. On 4 August 1813, Emulous recaptured the schooner Four Brothers, of 330 tons (bm), R. Sinclair, master. On 21 or 24 September 1813, the Canadian privateer Dart drove the American privateer Orange, a chebacco boat of two guns and 11 men, on to Fox Island in Machias Bay on the coast of Maine. There the boats of Emulous and , under the command of Lieutenant Wright of Emulous, destroyed her. On 10 October 1813, Emulous destroyed two small American privateers in Passamaquaddy Bay, between Maine and New Brunswick. One was the schooner Orion, of one gun and 16 men; the other was the row boat Camelion, with 17 men and small