 Although harassed by "Rossie", Commodore Joshua Barney, an American privateer of superior force, Lennon brought his vessels safe into the English Channel on 18 October 1812.Two years later Lennon was attacked, on 19 July 1814, by the schooner "Comet" of Baltimore, U.S., an American privateer of sixteen guns and 136 men, which he beat off after a nine-hour fight, in which twelve out of his crew of twenty-two hands were killed or wounded.Two lawsuits followed with the underwriters of the "Hibernia"'s cargo, and Lennon and his owners were liable for £8,000 in damages, or more than double the loss that would have been incurred if Lennon had surrendered.