French brig Salamine ( 1793 ) The Infante was a 18 - gun brig of the Spanish Navy , built in 1787 at Cadiz . The French Navy captured her in December 1793 and and recommissioned her as Salamine . In June 1799 , captured her and she was brought into Royal Navy service as HMS " Salamine " . She served briefly in the Mediterranean , where she captured two French privateers and several merchant vessels before the Royal Navy sold her at Malta in 1802 , after the Treaty of Amiens ended the war with France . French service . The French navy captured the Spanish brig " Infante " in December 1793 , and brought into French service under her existing name . In January 1794 , she was recommissioned in Toulon under Lieutenant Girardias , and renamed " Liberté " . In May 1795 , she was returned to her original name of " Infante " . In June 1797 , " Infante " sailed together with the frigates " Sensible " and " Artémise " to seize Venetian ships ; the prizes included the frigates " Muiron " and " Carrère " . On 10 May 1798 , she was renamed to " Salamine " . As part of the fleet of Toulon , " Salamine " participated in the Mediterranean campaign of 1798 . During the Battle of the Nile , she took refuge under the forts of Abukir , and formed up with Rear - admiral Villeneuve ' s squadron , which comprised the two 74 - gun " Guillaume Tell " and " Généreux " , and the frigates " Diane " and " Justice " . Villeneuve then entrusted " Salamine " with the report of the battle for General Bonaparte , before sailing to Malta with his four ships . In May 1799 , " Salamine " encountered the xebec " Fortunatus " and recaptured her . Under Lieutenant Landry " Salamine " was part of the Syrian naval station under Rear - admiral Perrée . She ferried artillery and ammunition to the French Army besieging Acre . Sidney Smith ' s squadron chased Perrée ' s division , but it evaded him and sailed for Toulon . Sixty miles off Toulon , on 17 June , Perrée ' s division met Lord Keith ' s fleet , who dispatched a force consisting of three 74 - gun ships and two frigates , all under Captain John Markham , to intercept it . In weak winds , a 28 - hour chase began , and the French division dispersed . By the evening of the 18th , " Alerte " was racing ahead , " Salamine " following three miles behind , and the French frigates four miles further behind her . At 19 : 00 , the British 74 - guns had subdued the frigates and Markham ' s force started chasing the two remaining brigs . The frigate eventually caught up with " Salamine " , which struck to her much stronger opponent . The entire British squadron , not just the vessels under Markham ' s command , shared in the prize money . At the time of her capture , " Salamine " was under the command of " Sandry , Lieutenant " , presumably a misprint for " Landry " . British service . The Royal Navy commissioned " Salamine " in January 1800 under Commander Thomas Briggs . He immediately took her out on patrol off the coast of Spain and France . Her first prize was actually a share in a prize . On 29 March , " Salamine " was among the ships that shared in the capture of the " Courageux " . The other captors were , , , " Haerlem " , , , , and " Salamine " . On 9 April " Salamine " captured a Genoese settee that was sailing from Languedoc to Nolle [ sic ] with a cargo of wine . ( This may have been the " Madona del Fortuno " . ) Then two days later " Salamine " captured the French tartan , the " Madona de Montenero " , which was carrying salt fish , sugar , and similar cargo . The next month , on 3 May , " Salamine " captured the Swedish brig " Waragtigheten " , which was sailing from Benicarló to Leghorn with a cargo of wine . About six weeks later , on 14 June , " Salamine " and captured the Genoese brig " Anima Purgatoria " , which was sailing from Bastia to Saleolight [ sic ] . On 20 August " Salamine " captured an unnamed French privateer of four guns , six swivel gun s , and 56 men . Then on the day after Christmas , " Salamine " and the frigate captured the French brig " Good Friends " , which was carrying a particularly militarily useful cargo of 28 brass long guns , five brass mortars , and shot and shell from Leghorn to Marseilles . A little more than three weeks later , on 21 January 1801 , " Caroline " and " Salamine " captured another French privateer , or judging from her crew size , more properly , a letter of marque . This was a xebec of four 6 - pounder guns and 24 men . She was sailing from Leghorn to Egypt carrying arms and ammunition . " Salamine " served off Egypt between 8 March and 2 September . She is listed amongst the vessels whose crews qualified for the NGSM with clasp " Egypt " . Commander Alexander Campbell replaced Briggs in July , though Briggs is the captain named in the medal list . Fate . " Salamine " was paid off in July 1802 . She was sold off later that year at Malta for £1 , 280 .