early May Gibson boarded a vessel with an English license and found out from the Master information about the size and status of the French fleet at Terneuzen. Gibson passed the information up the chain of command to Admiral Sir Richard J. Strachan. Similarly, on 29 June, boats from Sarpen captured a boat and took five prisoners. Gibson interrogated the prisoners from whom he learned that the French were stringing a chain across the river at Antwerp to prevent an attack by fire ships. By October 1809, however, Sarpen was at Anholt, to which she had escorted four supply ships. Fate Sarpen was paid off on 22 December 1809 and laid up at Sheerness. She was broken up there in August 1811. See also List of ships captured during Battle of Copenhagen Citations References Brigs of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy 1791 ships Ships built in Copenhagen Captured ships Brigs of the Royal Navy