In 1803 she and captured the French privateer sloop Atalante, of 22 guns, after a chase of nine hours. Plantagenet took off 90 Frenchmen and put a prize crew of 20 Englishmen, under the command of Lieutenant Batt, on board Atalante. After the two vessels had separated, 68 Frenchmen, who had concealed themselves below decks, rose and attempted to retake their vessel. The British were able to subdue the Frenchmen, but not before one British sailor had been shot dead by one of his crewmates, who had mistaken the dead man for a Frenchman. The later report described Atalante as being armed with sixteen 6-pounder guns and 160 men. She had been out of Bordeaux five days but had captured nothing.[1] The Royal Navy took Atalante into service as .
In June 1804 Plantagenet, Captain De Courcy, escorted the China Fleet of the British East India Company from Saint Helena back to England. This was the fleet that had scared off a French squadron of warships in the Battle of Pulo Aura.[2]
On 27 September 1810 Plantagenet and shared in the capture of the Danish schooner Toujours Fidele.
On 12 March 1812, as the merchant ship was returning from Lima and Cadiz, the French privateer Amelia captured her. However, recaptured Ramoncita. The salvage money notice stated that Virago had been in company with,,, and Plantagenet.
During the War of 1812, as the ship was moored near Norfolk, Virginia, attempts were made to destroy her with torpedoes built to Robert Fulton's specifications, but this came to nothing.[3]
On 16 December 1813, Plantagenets boats captured the American letter of marque schooner Rapid, off Havana. Rapid, Captain James Frazier, had been launched at Talbot County, Maryland in 1813. She was of 115 tons (bm), had a crew of 20, and was armed with one nine-pounder gun.
Plantagenet was broken up in 1817.