(One day earlier the Admiralty had promoted Shipley into the ex-French 28-gun frigate "Sagesse"; he later assumed command of her at Jamaica.) Hood next appointed Captain William Richardson of the 28-gun frigate "Alligator" to command "Centaur" and the Admiralty confirmed his appointment on 27 September. The British captured two Dutch men-of-war, the 32-gun frigate "Proserpine", which they took into service as , and the 18-gun corvette "Pylades", which they took into service as . The British also captured the "George", a schooner of 10 guns, and three merchant vessels. On 30 July 1804, "Centaur" sent her boats into Basseterre Roads, Guadeloupe, where they cut out a schooner of unknown name and of two guns, as well as the privateer "Elizabeth", which was pierced for 12 guns but mounting six. She had a crew of 65, most of whom were either killed, drowned, or swam ashore. The boats achieved these captures despite a complete lack of wind and under heavy grape and small arms fire from the batteries and troops that lined the beach. The boats had one man killed and five wounded, and brought out two wounded prisoners. Shipley described "Elizabeth" as "the fastest sailing Privateer out of Guadaloupe, and has been uncommonly fortunate this War." "Centaur" also recaptured another , this one of Liverpool, that "Decidé" (actually "Grande Decidé") had captured while "Elizabeth" was sailing from the coast of Africa with a cargo of slaves. "Centaur" detained, on suspicion, the "Grecian" ship "St. Nicholas", which was carrying produce from Guadeloupe. "Centaur" also recaptured the schooner "Betsey", which had been sailing in ballast. Then in December, "Centaur" recaptured the English ship "Admiral Peckenham", which was carrying produce. "Centaur" sailed to England in the spring of 1805, before returning to the Leeward Islands. A year later, on 29 July 1805, "Centaur", under Captain Henry Whitby, in company with a squadron under Captain De Courcy, was sailing from Jamaica to join Nelson, when the squadron encountered a hurricane. The storm threw "Centaur"s masts overboard, carried away her rudder and smashed and sent all her boats overboard.