 His efforts had not gone unnoticed, however and in 1802 he was given the 10 gun schooner HMS "Pickle", in which he again cruised the French coast.He earned accolades in 1804 for saving the crew of the ship of the line HMS "Magnificent", which was wrecked off Ushant.He was widowed during this period but soon remarried to Mary Anne Graves and had a further seven children, two of whom later became naval officers themselves.