"Nemesis" captured the French privateer lugger "Renard". On 14 January 1809 "Indefatigable" captured French privateer lugger "Clarisse" in the Channel. On 11 June "Vengeur" had captured the Jersey-privateer lugger "Snake". "Argo" captured the Spanish lugger "St Antonio" in ballast. Accompanying the squadron were the frigates "Libre", the Spanish "Sabina" and the French lugger "Vautour". En route, she sank a 200-ton lugger with her deck gun. On 28 May, "Phaeton", , and the hired armed lugger "Speedwell" detained "Frederickstadt". In 1889, a pearl lugger was seen sinking off Cape Preston. That same day, "Nemesis" and the hired armed lugger "Nile" captured five French fishing vessels. He is invited aboard the lugger for some interesting news. It has been incorrectly referred to as an "Ice Lugger" by various sources. Later that year Cannadey took command of the hired armed lugger "Black Joke". When the contact was illuminated, it proved to be a Japanese steam lugger of . It was a high horsepower-to-weight tractor, designed as a "runner" rather than a "lugger". The British lugger and cutter had returned to Plymouth before the start of the action.