into Lisbon. The prize crew consisted mostly of men from , which had captured a prize and taken her to Lisbon. Between 1799 and 1800 Gorgon continued to serve as a storeship under Commander Henry Hill. Then on 16 June 1801 Commander George Ross and Gorgon, together with , sailed from Cork. They were carrying the 22nd Regiment of Light dragoons to Egypt. Because Gorgon served in the Egyptian campaign (8 March to 8 September 1801), her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty issued in 1847 to all surviving claimants. Napoleonic Wars Commander William Wilkinson recommissioned Gorgon in May 1803 on the Irish station. In 1805, she served as a floating battery or guardship on the River Shannon. In October 1805 she was under Commander Francis Stanfell, with Commander Charles Ryder replacing him in May 1806. Lloyd's List reported on 14 February 1806 that , M'Kinley, master, had foundered on her return journey to England from Surinam. Gorgon rescued the crew and took them into Milford. Between November 1806 and July 1808 Gorgon was back in Woolwich, where she underwent a large repair and was fitted as a victualler. Commander Robert Brown Tom recommissioned her in May 1808 and sailed her to the Baltic where she again served as a storeship. Even so, on 12 May 1809, she captured the Danish vessel Petrena. Then on 21 May she was in company with the gun-brig when they captured the Danish boat Helden. By November 1809 she was a hospital ship under Commander Charles Webb. Still, on 24 October 1810, Gorgon, , , and the gun-brig were present at the capture of the brig Hoppet. Commander Alexander Milner had replaced Webb by April 1811. He sailed Gorgon to the Mediterranean on 10 March 1812. She came under the command of Commander Rowland Mainwaring in September. She then served as the flagship for Vice Admiral Francis Pickmore off Toulon. Commander Claude de Crespigny replaced Mainwaring at Port Mahon in 1813, but he died in July. Commander John Cornish replaced de Crespigny and in turn Commander Richard Booth Bowden replaced him in 1814. War of 1812 Bowden then sailed Gorgon to America where she was Cochrane's British fleet's hospital ship, moored off the coast while the Battle of New Orleans was being fought on land. Before that battle her boats participated in the