Spanish brig Infante

The French navy captured the Spanish brig Infante in December 1793, and brought into French service under her existing name. and renamed Liberté. On 8 May 1799, Salamine encountered the xebec HMS Fortune, under the command of Lieutenant Lewis Davis, and her consort HMS Dame de Grace. Then Salamine also recaptured the Dame de Grace. This was the Vierge de Graces, which Commodore Sir Sidney Smith in Tigre captured when he took a flotilla of seven vessels at Acre on 18 March 1799. Salamine took out her crew and scuttled Dame de Grace. Salamine was part of the Syrian naval station under Rear-admiral Perrée. She ferried artillery and ammunition to the French Army besieging Acre. Sidney Smith's squadron chased Perrée's division, but it evaded him and sailed for Toulon. Sixty miles off Toulon, on 17 June, Perrée's division met Lord Keith's fleet, who dispatched a force consisting of three 74-gun ships and two frigates, all under Captain John Markham, to intercept it. In weak winds, a 28-hour chase began, and the French division dispersed. By the evening of the 18th, Alerte was racing ahead, Salamine following three miles behind, and the French frigates four miles further behind her. At 19:00, the British 74-guns had subdued the frigates and Markham's force started chasing the two remaining brigs. The frigate eventually caught up with Salamine, which struck to her much stronger opponent. The entire British squadron, not just the vessels under Markham's command, shared in the prize money. At the time of her capture, Salamine was under the command of "Sandry, Lieutenant", presumably a misprint for "Landry". ==British service==

The Royal Navy commissioned Salamine in January 1800 under Commander Thomas Briggs. On 9 April Salamine captured a Genoese settee that was sailing from Languedoc to Nolle [sic] with a cargo of wine. (This may have been the Madona del Fortuno.) Then two days later Salamine captured the French tartan, the Madona de Montenero, which was carrying salt fish, sugar, and similar cargo. The next month, on 3 May, Salamine captured the Swedish brig Waragtigheten, which was sailing from Benicarló to Leghorn with a cargo of wine. About six weeks later, on 14 June, Salamine and captured the Genoese brig Anima Purgatoria, which was sailing from Bastia to Saleolight [sic]. Then on the day after Christmas, Salamine and the frigate captured the French brig Good Friends, which was carrying a particularly militarily useful cargo of 28 brass long guns, five brass mortars, and shot and shell from Leghorn to Marseilles. A little more than three weeks later, on 21 January 1801, Caroline and Salamine captured another French privateer, or judging from her crew size, more properly, a letter of marque. This was a xebec of four 6-pounder guns and 24 men. She was sailing from Leghorn to Egypt carrying arms and ammunition. Commander Alexander Campbell replaced Briggs in July, though Briggs is the captain named in the medal list. (Briggs had been promoted to post captain on 24 July and into command of the Fourth rate, , her captain having died that month.) ==Fate==

Salamine was paid off in July 1802. She was sold off later that year at Malta for £1,280. ==Notes==