J. P. Champlin, master, on 17 October 1806. On 13 August 1807, brought dispatches from England to Naiad, which was with the squadron blockading Bordeaux. Lieutenant Le Blanc, captain of Cassandra, left her to take the dispatches to Naiad. Two sudden squalls rolled Cassandra over on her beam ends, capsizing her. She sank stern first. Eleven men, and one woman and her child drowned. Three months later, on 10 October 1807, Naiad captured the Kniphausen galliot Vigilante. At the time of the capture, and were in sight. In 1808 Naiad participated in the blockade of Brest. On 23 May was in company with Naiad when they captured the American packet ship Margaret Tingey. Between June and August Naiad was in Plymouth making good defects. Then Naiad was in company when captured the French schooner Louise on 9 November. On 16 December Naiad was still in company with Narcissus, when they captured two French privateers, Fanny and Superb while on the Home station. Fanny carried 16 guns and a crew of 80 men. She was under the command of Charles Hamon, who as captain of the privateer Venus, had captured numerous British vessels. Fanny was only a few hours out of Nantes on her way to the Irish coast and had made no captures. Then at midnight Naiad and Narcissus captured the French letter of marque sloop Superb. Superb was armed with four guns, had a crew of 20 men, and was sailing to Martinique with a cargo of sundries. 1809 On 7 February 1809 Naiad was in the squadron under the command of Commodore William Hotham and so shared in the proceeds of the capture of the French vessel Prudent. Then on 23 February Naiad was at anchor to the north-west of the Chassiron lighthouse with , and Emerald, the squadron now being under the command of Rear Admiral Robert Stopford in . The next day they saw eight sail-of-the-line and two frigates flying French colours and standing into the Pertuis d'Antioche. Stopford immediately sent Naiad to warn Admiral Lord Gambier that the French squadron from Brest had arrived but, before she had gone a few miles, Naiad sighted three French frigates heading for Les Sables-d'Olonne and signalled Stopford. Stopford left and Emerald to watch the enemy and went in chase of the frigates with the rest of his squadron, now strengthened by the arrival of and . The French