 In 1801 he was appointed captain and held the temporary command of the 36-gun fifth rate HMS "Jason" (1800) in the spring of 1801.On 1 May 1801 the "Jason" captured "la Dorade", a brig privateer of 14 guns and 51 men.Later that year he was appointed Captain of HMS "Helena" (1804), an 18-gun sloop.