Bonne Citoyenne towed
Furieuse into
Halifax, where both were repaired. The Royal Navy commissioned the captured frigate as HMS
Furieuse and appointed John Simpson to sail her to Britain. Captain Brown of
Inflexible sued for the prize money for
Furieuse to be shared by the two British warships. However, the
Vice admiralty court in Halifax ruled that the prize belonged to
Bonne Citoyenne alone, with the judgement being upheld by the Court of Appeal in 1811. On her arrival
Furieuse underwent a more thorough repair. After the repairs she was commissioned in November 1811 under William Mounsey.
Furieuse was initially employed in escorting a convoy to the Mediterranean, after which she joined the fleet blockading
Toulon under Admiral
Edward Pellew. The French fleet sailed out in May 1812, consisting of 12 sail of the line and seven frigates, of which one
ship of the line and two frigates began to chase the British inshore squadron, consisting of
Furieuse, the frigates and , and the
brig . The French gave up the chase when the British made clear their intention to fight. On 9 November 1812
Furieuse captured the French
privateer Nebrophonus, off Veutiliceo, after a chase of two hours. She was armed with four guns and had a crew of 54 men. She was 34 days out of Naples and had not made any captures. The day before she had escaped from and
Unite.
Unite was in sight when
Furieuse captured
Nebrophonus. On 24 November
Furieuse captured the French schooner
Fortuna. In February 1813 Mounsey supported
Charles John Napier in in the capture of the island of
Ponza. They landed troops on 26 February, after passing through fire from shore batteries. Neither vessel, nor the troops they brought with them, suffered any casualties. The capture of the harbour provided an anchorage and fresh water for Royal Navy ships patrolling the coast. On 4 October a convoy was sighted in the bay of Santa Marinella, a few miles east of
Civitavecchia. Although two gunboats and a shore battery of two long 24-pounder guns protected the convoy, Mounsey decided to launch a cutting out expedition.
Furieuse landed her marines who, together with the boat crews, stormed and captured a fort while
Furieuse used her guns to provide covering fire. The enemy retreated to a nearby castle and continued to pour small arms fire on the landing party. Still, the British captured 156 vessels, three of which were armed: the gunboat
Bacchus (one long brass 24-pounder gun and four
swivel guns), an unknown gunboat, and the xebec
St Antonio (pierced for 12 guns with two long 6-pounders mounted). The British sank two of the armed vessels, brought out one, as well as 13
settees carrying salt, tobacco, marble, and sundries.
Furieuse kept up a steady fire, preventing reinforcements from Civitavecchia from intervening. The landing party lost two men killed and 10 wounded in the operation.
Bacchus was under the command of ''maître d'équipage de lè" classe'' Sacco. For the rest of 1813
Furieuse formed part of Admiral Sir
Josias Rowley's squadron. She was present at the capture of
Viareggio and the unsuccessful assault on
Livorno in December. In early March 1814, still with Rowley,
Furieuse assisted in the occupation of
La Spezia and the surrounding areas. On 17 April a squadron consisting of
Furieuse, , , and , among many others, including the Sicilian flotilla, and under the command of Vice-Admiral Pellew, supported the successful assault on
Genoa. The end of the
War of the Sixth Coalition in 1814 saw
Furieuse sailing from
Gibraltar to
Bermuda with Captain Andrew King's squadron, escorting a fleet of transports. Later she conveyed the
62nd regiment to
Halifax. At the end of the
War of 1812 she remained in the area to assist the British troops who had fortified the
Castine Peninsula. ==Fate==