fire on them. On the second day the French commander sent boats with spare cables and anchors and informed Wilkinson that England had signed the preliminaries of a peace treaty with France. Naiad returned to Plymouth on 1 November. Napoleonic Wars Throughout most of 1802 Naiad was in ordinary but on 9 September orders came down for her to be commissioned in place of , which was to be paid off. Captain James Wallis and the crew of Fisgard were to transfer to Naiad when she was ready for commissioning. On 18 December it was announced that Naiad would have to supply men to , then fitting out for foreign service, if Belleisle was still short crew. Apparently they were not needed. In early 1803, Naiad succeeded in taking several prizes. Her boats, with those from , cut out a new brig from among the Penmarks off Brest while under fire from French batteries. They also cut out and sank a chasse-maree. These were probably the French brig Jeanne and the galiot Balier, which they captured on 10 May. On 19 May Naiad and Hazard also captured Frauen Brigitta. On 29 May, in the Bay of Biscay, Naiad captured the French corvette Impatiente, which was under the command of Citizen Hypolite Arnous, lieutenant de vaisseau. Impatient was armed with 20 guns, some of which she had thrown overboard during the chase. She and her crew were sailing from Senegal to Rochefort when Naiad captured her. Two days later Naiad captured the French merchant ship Chasseur, of 359 tons burthen. She was under the command of Citizen Lamar, Lieutenant de Vaisseau, and was carrying sugar, cotton and coffee from San Domingo to Lorient. Next, Naiad and captured a French brig from the Straits and a Dutch sloop, also from the Straits, carrying drugs and medicines. Naiad and Doris also took a French corvette from Gorée laden with gum and ivory. These vessels came into Plymouth on 4 June. That same day Naiad arrived with two French ships and two Dutch ships that she and Doris had also captured. Then 2 June, Naiad captured Napoleon, a French brig from Guadeloupe bound for Nantes with sugar and coffee. On 5 July she captured Providence. On 8 July she captured the brig Prudente, and on 8 August the brig Anne Marie. On 4 July Wallis sent Naiads boats to cut out a French schooner