Ka dib markii uu ka soo shaqeeyay saldhiggan, Clay waxaa loo dalacsiiyay kabtanka kadib 29 Abriil 1802. Wuxuu ka soo shaqeeyay 20kii Luulyo 1805 ilaa Maajo 1808 isagoo ahaa Sarkaalka Xakamaynta ee Belfast, ka dibna wuxuu ku biiray 98-gun isagoo ahaa sarkaalkeeda. Xilligaan "St George" wuxuu ahaa markabkii ugu weynaa ee Rear-Admiral Sir Eliab Harvey. Clay ayaa markaa u dhaqaaqay si uu u qabsado amarka 98-toogta 6dii Febraayo 1809, isaga oo amar ku bixiyay inuu ku laabto Baltic-ka isagoo ah markabka calanka ee Rear-Admiral Sir Manley Dixon. Dagaalkii ayaa ka dhex qarxay Denmark.
Dagaalkii labaad ee Copenhagen ka dib 1807, iyo ciidamada ingiriiska ee ku sugnaa bada baltiga ee Sir James Saumarez. "Temeraire" waxay timid bishii May 1809 waxaana loo diray inay go'doomiyaan Karlskrona ee xeebta Sweden.