 At the Action of 24 October 1798, King captured two Dutch ships.In 1801 he captured a French frigate, and was rewarded with command of the large 74 gun ship of the line HMS "Achille".A month before the battle of Trafalgar, sensing that there was glory to be won in the coming operations off Cadiz, King used his influence with his father in law, Admiral Sir John Duckworth, to persuade Nelson to give him a position in the blockading fleet.