 "Saldanha" was first commissioned in April 1810 under Captain John Stuart, who died on 19 March 1811.Captain William Pakenham then was assigned to command her, though in the Spring, "Saldanha" was temporarily under the command of Captain Reuben Mangin.On 11 October 1811, and "Saldanha", under Pakenham, took the French privateer "Vice-Amiral Martin".