Almost a year later, on 13 June 1796, about 12 leagues south of Cape Clear, Ireland, the frigate Dryad, under the command of Captain Lord Amelius Beauclerk, captured Proserpine following a relatively brief chase but a bitter action [REF].
As the Royal Navy already had a , the Admiralty renamed the captured vessel HMS Amelia after Princess Amelia, the youngest daughter of George III.