On 24 March 1812, still under the command of Gore, "Tonnant" was off Ushant when she captured the French privateer "Emilie". "Emilie" was armed with twelve 10-pounder guns and had a crew of 84 men. She was nine days out of Saint-Malo and had captured one vessel, a Spanish merchant ship that the Royal Navy had recaptured on the 24th. At the time that she captured "Emilie", "Tonnant" was in company with , , , and . Then on 18 April "Tonnant" captured "Martha". On 12 May, captured "Betsy". "Abercrombie" was in company with "Tonnant", , , and . "Tonnant" then again underwent repair between August and December 1812, this time at Chatham.