He spent a year in command of a squadron off the Channel Islands and captured a French privateer , before being sent in 1808 to search for two French frigates off Greenland .
The Africaine was decommissioned and Manby was appointed to the frigate Thalia .
Manby spent a year in command of a squadron off the Channel Islands and captured a French privateer , before being sent in 1808 to search for two French frigates off Greenland .
The Africaine was decommissioned and Manby was appointed to the frigate Thalia .