On 28 July 1810
Poictiers shared with
Seine and in the recapture of the
Starling. On 22 April 1811,
Poictiers, and the
hired armed cutter Nimrod captured the French vessel
Auguste. They removed her cargo of casks of wine and destroyed the ship. On 24 March 1812,
Poictiers was in company with , , and when they captured
Emilie. On 14 August
Poictiers accompanied Admiral Sir
John Borlase Warren, who was sailing to Halifax, Nova Scotia, on , together with , , and .
Magnet disappeared during the voyage and was presumed foundered with all hands. On 18 October 1812,
Poictiers participated in an action where she rescued by capturing , commanded by
Jacob Jones. Four hours after
Wasp had captured
Frolic, Captain Sir
John Poer Beresford hove in sight and captured
Wasp and recaptured
Frolic. He then brought both to
Bermuda.
Frolic returned to duty and
Wasp became HMS
Loup Cervier. In November 1818 the proceeds of the sales of ordnance stores and head-money for the men captured on board
Wasp, also for ordnance stores recaptured on board
Frolic was paid. Thereafter,
Poictiers captured a number of merchant vessels, alone or with other ships. • 29 October: the brig
Little William, of the Isle of Mayo and sailing to Philadelphia; • 3 November: the brig
Logan, from Boston, sailing to Baltimore; • 25 November: the ship
Rebecca, from Philadelphia and sailing to Madeira; • 11 December: schooner
Betsy, from Providence (Rhode Island), sailing to Norfolk; • December: ship
Pekin, from Boston sailing to Alexandria (
Poictiers in company with ). One of these may or may not have been a ship from Brazil carrying a cargo of hides and tallow that had captured.
Poictiers recaptured the ship off the
Virginia Capes in mid-December and sent her into Bermuda. On 28 December
Poictiers and
Acasta captured the American
letter of marque Herald, of 18 guns (10 mounted), and 50 men, as
Herald was sailing from Bordeaux to Baltimore.
Herald, prior to herself being captured, had taken a ship, a brig, and a schooner. The cargo of the ship
Friendship alone had an estimated value of US$400,000.
Poictiers was in company with
Acasta and . Under the command of Captain Jeremiah Grant,
Highflyer, of Baltimore, had captured two ships, four brigs, one schooner and one sloop; three of these vessels had been armed. The Royal Navy took
Highflyer into service under her existing name. In early January 1813, the warships of the squadron blockading New York, of which
Poictiers was one, captured a number of vessels: • Schooners
Syren and
Tropic, sailing from New York to Charleston; • Sloop
Almira, New York to Fredericksburg; • Brig
Industry, Rhode Island to Virginia; and, • Brig
Caroline, Charleston to New York. The British armed
Syren with one gun and gave her a crew of 40 men. She then captured
American Eagle, Herlitz, master, which had been sailing from Cadiz to New York. • 24 February: American brig
Hannah (
Poictiers with the same six other British ships). • 13 March 1813: Swedish brig, from Martinique. • 29 March 1813: American ship
Montesquieu (
Poictiers in company with and the actual captor, the schooner ). • 17 April: Portuguese schooner
Alliance, sailing from Philadelphia to Jamaica with a cargo of flour, and sent in to Bermuda;
Poictiers was part of a squadron of 12 ships that shared in the capture on 13 and 14 March of
Christina and
Massatoit. On 4 (or 5) July 1813 the American
smack Yankee captured the brig
Eagle, which was serving as a tender to
Poictiers. The Americans put 40 militiamen on board
Yankee and sailed her where
Eagle was known to be patrolling. The militiamen concealed themselves while on
Yankees deck there were three men dressed as fishermen, and a calf, a goose, and a sheep were tethered. When
Yankee encountered
Eagle,
Eagle fell for the bait of fresh meat and came alongside. The Americans, under Sailing-Master Percival, came out of hiding and fired their small arms. Although
Eagle carried a brass 32-pounder howitzer loaded with canister, she was unable to get off a shot. The Americans then took
Eagle into New York.
Eagle had two men killed, including her commander Master's Mate H. Morris, and Midshipman W. Price mortally wounded. The remaining eight seamen were taken prisoner.
Poictiers, with
Poictiers and
Maidstone in company, captured
Yorktown, of 20 guns and 140 men, on 17 July.
Yorktown, under Captain T. W. Story, had taken 11 prizes, including
Manchester, before
Maidstone captured
Yorktown after a four-hour chase. The British sent
Yorktown and her crew into
Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Poictiers in company with
Maidstone and captured several vessels. • 13 August 1813: brig
Anna, of 125 tons, Diego Martinez, master, sailing from Newhaven to Laguira.
Poictiers alone captured: • 29 August: brig
Mariner; In November 1813
Poictiers was at
Halifax, Nova Scotia, preparing to escort a convoy of merchant vessels to England when a gale hit the city. It destroyed or damaged many vessels, though
Poictiers was able to ride out the gale.
Poictiers was at Chatham in 1814. ==Post war and Fate==