Electra, 1808
Type: Brig Sloop ; Armament 16
Taken : 16 Aug 1808 ; Disposal date or year : 1816
Notes:

16 Aug 1808 Sibylle captured the French brig-corvette Espi�gle, a part of a small French squadron, which was subsequently purchased into the service as the Electra.

Plymouth 19 Mar 1812 Put back with the eastward-bound convoy.

Plymouth 24 Mar 1812 departed to the westward.

Portsmouth 13 Jan 1813 arrived from Newfoundland.

7 Jul 1813 captured the U.S. privateer schooner Growler, of Salem, 5 guns, 60 men, arrived Halifax 4 Aug.

Portsmouth 10 Apr 1814 departed with the West India convoy.

Portsmouth 13 Apr 1814 departed with a convoy for the West Indies.

Port Royal 18 Sep 1814 departed with a convoy.

23 Sep 1815, it was rumoured at Halifax that the Electra had foundered in the gale of the 9th inst., but t'would appear not to be true.

29 Aug 1815, arrived Portsmouth, England, having thrown her guns overboard in the gale mentioned above, and saw no one from the fleet convoy after the gale.