board the explorer and antiquarian William Ouseley. They sailed back to Britain via the Greek isles, Toulon, and Alicante. Then on 14 October 1812 Salsette captured the three-masted lugger Mercure off the Isle of Wight. This vessel carried 16 guns and had a crew of 70, and Salsette took her into Portsmouth. In December 1812 Captain John Bowen assumed command and on 25 April 1813 Salsette proceeded to Madras, convoying East Indiamen sailing there. In May 1814 she unsuccessfully pursued the American privateer , which captured a few days later. On 27 November 1814 Salsette saved the Cornwallis, of Calcutta. A severe gale had dis-masted Cornwallis and Salsette had brought her into Trincomalee. The Vice Admiralty Court awarded Salsette 7.5% of the value of the vessel and her cargo, which were estimated at upwards of £90,000 sterling. In 1816 Salsette escorted a convoy back to Britain. On 12 May, Salsette stopped at St Helena en route, which gave Bowen the opportunity to be presented to the Emperor Napoleon. She arrived in Plymouth in June 1816 to pay off. Post-war career and fate Salsette was laid up at Portsmouth. The Admiralty had her housed over in November 1823 but she remained there in ordinary. In July 1831 she was fitted as a lazaretto for Hull. In October 1835 she was fitted as a receiving ship at Woolwich. On 7 September 1869 the Admiralty ordered her moved to Sheerness. Salsette was broken up on 20 March 1874 at Chatham. Notes Citations References Frigates of the Royal Navy 1805 ships