French promoted the French captain, Ange René Armand-Mackau, to the rank of lieutenant de vaisseau. He was also inducted into the Legion of Honour. A newspaper account of the capture reported that when Palmer and Alacrity had sighted Abeille, Palmer had sent three boats to cut her out. However, the French had captured the cutting-out party. They then took the boats in tow and sailed towards Alacrity with English colours hoisted over the French, a ruse suggesting that the cutting-out party had succeeded in their mission. The French ran alongside Alacrity and carried her by boarding. Within a month of the battle Palmer died of tetanus from his otherwise minor wound. The court martial of the survivors on 30 May 1814 attributed the loss to the lack of leadership. It acquitted all the survivors and commended the boatswain, James Flaxman, who had remained on deck though wounded and had attempted to rally the crew to Alacritys defence. French service On 1 July 1811 she was commissioned at Toulon by lieutenant de vaisseux de Mackau. In 1812 she was at Elba and in 1815 at Gênes. On 1 July 1815 she was laid up at Toulon. In August 1822 Alacrity was beached at a shipyard in Toulon for refitting. On 20 August the shipyard received an order to cease further work as she was in such bad shape that there was no point in continuing. On 28 August breaking up commenced. Postscript On 7 February 1814 Lieutenant de Mackau received a promotion to capitaine de corvette. Soon afterwards he was made a Baron of the French Empire. He was later promoted to capitaine de frégate and on 1 September 1819, to capitaine de vaisseau. Citations and references Citations References Brig-sloops of the Royal Navy 1806 ships Cruizer-class brig-sloops Ships built on the River Tyne Captured ships