two field guns on a cliff overlooking the anchorage. Five days later, on 12 September, Snapper was in company with a squadron under the command of Rear Admiral Sir H.B. Neal when she captured the merchant vessel Sophie. Sophie (or Sophia), a galiot with a cargo of timber, reached Plymouth a few days later. The vessels sharing in the prize were , Valiant, , , and the hired armed cutter Nimrod. Then, on 28 September, Snapper captured Aventura and San Nichola. Fate Lieutenant Henry Thrakston took command of Snapper in January 1811. On 14 July the French lugger Rapace captured her off Les Sables-d'Olonne. French records agree on the date and location, but give the captor as the lugger Angélique, which was under the command of capitaine de frégate Guiné. At daybreak Thrakston had sailed to intercept some French vessels that he thought were coasters but that turned out to be a lugger of seven guns, a brig of four guns, and four large pinnaces armed with swivel guns and manned by large numbers of men armed with small arms. A chase ensued with the vessels exchanging fire, until the wind failed and the French were able to approach using sweeps. Although Snapper had suffered no casualties, Thrakston surrendered as the pinnaces closed to board and after her rigging and sails were shot to pieces and she had lost her topmast. Citations References Phillips, Michael. Ships of the Old Navy - Snapper 1805 ships Ballahoo-class schooners Captured ships Ships built in Bermuda