On 16 September 1799 Busy captured the French privateer lugger Dragon, of Dunkirk, as Dragon was coming from Norway. After a short chase along the Dutch coast, Ommaney drove her to anchor in heavy surf about five miles from Egmont. Ten men of her crew that were British subjects tried to escape in one of her boats but eight of the men drowned when the boat upset in the surf. Dragon, Citizen Liard, master, was armed with two with two 12-pounder carronades and fourteen 4-pounder guns, eight of which she had thrown overboard during the chase. Ommaney sent Dragon into Yarmouth.Naval Chronicle, Vol. 3, p.67.
