The capture of Affrique was the first capture of a vessel flying La tricolore. She carried six swivel guns, twelve stand of small arms, fifty pistols, and 25 swords, all for a crew of 21 men. Affrique was a small vessel of only 22 tons (bm). On 13 February 1793 he captured the privateer cutter Affrique (or Afrique), of Le Havre. French Revolutionary Wars ĭurham went on to enjoy considerable success during his brief stint in command during the early months of the French Revolutionary Wars. She served under Woodley in the Irish Sea and the English Channel until Commander Philip Charles Durham succeeded him on 12 February 1793. Fremantle commanded her until her paying off in September that year, upon which she was almost immediately recommissioned as a sloop under Commander John Woodley. More extensive work was carried out the following year, and she recommissioned in March 1791 under Commander Thomas Fremantle. Spitfire was paid off in April that year and spent a period laid up in ordinary at Sheerness, briefly being refitted for a period of service in 1790 under the command of Commander Robert Watson. He was succeeded by Commander Thomas Byard in November, and he by Commander Charles Bartholomew in January 1783. She had been completed at Sheerness by 18 July 1782, having been first commissioned in March that year under Commander Robert Mostyn, for service in the English Channel. Spitfire was built at the yards of Stephen Teague, of Ipswich, and was launched on 19 March 1782. She survived the Napoleonic Wars and was eventually sold in 1825 after a period spent laid up. She spent most of her career in Home waters, though during the later part of her life she sailed further afield, to the British stations in North America and West Africa. Spitfire went on to serve under a number of notable commanders during a successful career that saw her capture a considerable number of French privateers and small naval vessels. She served during the years of peace following the end of the American War of Independence, and by the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars, had been reclassified as a 14-gun sloop-of-war. HMS Spitfire was a Tisiphone-class fireship of the Royal Navy.
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