page_title: List of ships captured in the 18th century
section_title: 1798
hierarchical_section_title: List of ships captured in the 18th century / 1791–1800 / 1798
caption_attribution_description: English: Engraving of a painting of HMS Sirius capturing the Dutch ships Furie and Waakzaamheid, 24 October 1798, created 1 October 1816.
context_page_description: During times of war where naval engagements were frequent, many battles were fought that often resulted in the capture of the enemy's ships. The ships were often renamed and used in the service of the capturing country's navy. Merchant ships were also captured and taken into service by their captors.
context_section_description: Alexander ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer while on a voyage from Lancaster to Savannah, Georgia, United States. She was taken to Guadeloupe.
  Alfred ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer while on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire She was taken to a French port.
  HMS Ambuscade ( Royal Navy): Action of 14 December 1798: The 32-gun fifth-rate was captured by the French Navy's Bayonnaise.
  American Eagle ( United States): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to London. She was taken to Saint-Martin, Île de Ré, Finistère, France.
  Ann ( Great Britain): The ship was captured in the North Sea off Filey, Yorkshire on 10 November by a French privateer.
  Apollo ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by a French privateer while on a voyage from Virginia, United States to London. She was taken to a French port.
  Aquilon ( French Navy): Battle of the Nile, 1–3 August: Téméraire-class ship of the line was captured by the Royal Navy.
  Brave ( France): The privateer was captured on 24 April by the Royal Navy's HMS Phoenix.
  Aurora ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Liverpool to Pillau, East Prussia. She was taken to Arendal, Norway.
  Barbara ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Liverpool to the West Indies. She was taken to Guadeloupe.
  Betsey ( Great Britain): The brig was captured while on a voyage from Liverpool to New York. She was later recaptured and taken to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.
  Betsey ( Great Britain): The ship was captured of the coast of Africa on 3 June by the French frigate Convention while on a voyage from Liverpool to an African port.
  Brothers ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by a privateer off Oporto. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to Oporto.
  HMS Charlotte ( Royal Navy): The 8-gun schooner was captured on 16 October by the French privateer Enfant Prodigue.
  Columbus ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French privateer L'Antoinette while on a voyage from New York, United States to Amsterdam, Batavian Republic. She was taken to La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France.
  Conquérant ( French Navy):Battle of the Nile, 1–3 August: The Citoyen-class ship of the line was captured by the Royal Navy's HMS Audacious.
  HMS Crash ( Royal Navy): The Acute-class gun-brig ran aground at Vlieland, Netherlands and was seized by the Dutch as a prize of war.
  Croyable ( French Navy): A French privateer captured by Stephen Decatur commander of Delaware, off Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey, 7 July 1798.
  Dart ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by a privateer off Oporto, Portugal.
  Dione ( Great Britain): The brig was captured by the French privateer Racoon. She was later recaptured by HMS Pigmy and taken to Portsmouth, Hampshire.
  Décade ( French Navy): The 36-gun fifth rate was captured on 24 August by the Royal Navy.
  Dorothea Elizabeth ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French ship Severn while on a voyage from Saint-Thomas, Virgin Islands to Havana, Cuba. She was taken to Môle-Saint-Nicolas, Hispaniola.
  Endeavour ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French while on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to "Tentris". She was taken to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine.
  Endeavour ( Great Britain): The ship was captured while on a voyage from Newfoundland to a British port. She was later recaptured and taken to Dartmouth, Devon.
  Entreprenante ( French Navy): The 10-gun cutter was captured by the Royal Navy.
  Fortune ( French Navy): The 18-gun sloop was captured by the Royal Navy.
  Flora ( Great Britain): The ship was captured while on a voyage from Martinico to Dublin, Ireland. She was later recaptured and taken to Jersey, Channel Islands.
  Franklin ( French Navy): Battle of the Nile, 1–3 August: The Tonnant-class ship of the line was captured by the Royal Navy.
  Freedom ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French privateer Dragon while  on a voyage from Archangelsk
caption: Capture of Furie and Waakzaamheid
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