HMS Carrier was a cutter of 10 guns, the ex-mercantile Frisk, which the Royal Navy purchased in 1805. She captured two privateers, with one action earning her crew a Naval General Service Medal. She grounded in 1808, which enabled the French to capture her. She became a French privateer that the Royal Navy recaptured in 1811, but apparently did not take back into service. Origins Bools & Good, of Bridport, built Frisk in 1803. The Admiralty purchased her in 1805 and registered her on 28 May. Service Lieutenant John Gedge commissioned her in May 1805 for the North Sea. Carrier shared with , , , , and in the proceeds from the recapture of Francis, Tucker, master, and Betsey on 14 and 15 September. Lieutenant Robert Ramsey replaced Gedge in 1806. On 18 January 1807, Carrier was in company with , , and when they captured the American brig Eliza. Nine days later, Carrier recaptured and sent into Yarmouth Courier, which had been sailing from Memel to Hull when the French privateer Revenge had captured her on the 27th. On 19 February Carrier chased the French privateer cutter Chasseur into the hands of . At the time, Carrier was also in company with the hired armed cutters Princess Augusta and Princess of Wales, the latter under the command of Lieutenant Edward Southcott. As Carrier was returning to her station, together with Princess Augusta, at 9:00 am she sighted a suspicious sail ten leagues from Goree. After a chase of five hours she caught up with the French privateer schooner Ragotin. Ragotin, under the command of Jaques Jappie, carried eight guns, which she had thrown overboard during the chase, and a crew of 29 men. She was eight days out of Dunkirk, on her first cruise, and had not made any captures. Carrier was one of several vessels that shared in the prize money for the Yonge Klaas, captured on 31 July 1806. Carrier was in company with when they captured the St. Peter on 26 July . Two days later Carrier was still in company with Crescent when they captured Swedish brig Christiana Elizabeth, Louis Raberg, Master. The gun-brig and Carrier captured the Danish vessel Minerva on 20 August 1807. Four days later Carrier captured the Danish vessel Wenskabet, O. Paus, master. Both of these captures however, occurred prior to hostilities. Then on 11 September Carrier brought to the Admiralty