in 1804 reynolds returned to the sea in hms "dreadnought", moving soon afterwards into hms "princess royal" in which he remained until 1807. in 1808 reynolds was made a rear-admiral, and in 1810 was ordered to the baltic sea as second-in-command to james saumarez. reynolds raised his flag in hms "st george". he remained in the baltic until 1811, when on 1 november he took command of a large convoy from hanö to england. the weather was extremely bad, and the convoy failed to pass through the skagerrak three times before finally managing in mid-november. as they sheltered close to jutland, storms drove dozens of the convoy ashore, and one loose merchant ship collided with "st george", tearing away anchors and beaching the flagship, which was badly damaged.