 On 29 November 1808, "Arethusa" was some north west of Alderney when she sighted and gave chase to a lugger making for the coast of France.After four hours "Arethusa" captured her quarry, which turned out to be the privateer , of Calais, but eight days out of Cherbourg without having made any captures.She was armed with 16 guns and had a crew of 58 men under the command of Jacques Antoine de Boulogne.