She did take possession of "San Ysidro" (or "San Isidro"), one of the Spanish vessels that surrendered. In 1847 the Admiralty authorized the issuance of the NGSM with clasp "St. Vincent" to the 348 surviving claimants from the battle. In 1797 Captain Benjamin Hallowell assumed command. On 29 May, during the battle for Santa Cruz, Lieutenant Thomas Hardy led a cutting out party using boats from and "Lively" to capture the French 16-gun corvette . The cutting out party boarded and captured the vessel; they then sailed her out of the port to the British fleet under heavy fire from shore and naval guns. Hardy was wounded during the action, as were 14 of the other British officers and men in the cutting out party. The British subsequently commissioned "Mutine" under her existing name with Hardy as commander. In 1847 the Admiralty authorized the issuance of the NGSM with clasp "29 May Boat Service 1797" to the three surviving claimants from "Lively" and "Minerve". In October 1797 and "Lively" captured "Marselloise" as she was sailing from Guadeloupe to France. They then took the richly-laden former into Martinique. On 5 January 1798, captured the 16-gun privateer "Benjamin". , and "Lively" joined the chase and shared in the capture. On 12 April 1798, "Lively" was under the command of Captain James Nicoll Morris when she was wrecked on Rota Point off Cadiz. She and were patrolling to intercept any ships trying to enter or leave the port. During the night she grounded and despite all efforts by "Seahorse", "Lively" could not be pulled off. In the morning of 14 April it became apparent that Spanish gunboats were marshaling, while shore batteries started to fire on the British vessels and the boats transferring the crew to "Seahorse". Morris then set fire to "Lively" as he left. In the process, only one man was lost. The subsequent court martial acquitted Morris and his officers of all blame.