sentences:  "Hydra" took part in the Peninsular War in 1807, including the bombardment of the defences of the Catalan port of Begur on 7 August 1807.She was then out of commission for nearly three years.During a refit at Portsmouth in 1813, "Hydra" was fitted as a troopship and recommissioned in July 1813 under Captain Joseph Digby.