From August 1808, "Cleopatra" was under Captain Samuel Pechell. On 22 January 1809 she fought an action with the 40-gun , and with the support of and , captured "Topaze". "Cleopatra" was then present at the Invasion of Martinique in February 1809. Captain Charles Austen took command in October 1810, with command reverting to Pechell in July 1811. Captain Charles Gill took over in December 1812, followed in an acting capacity by Captain William M'Culloch in 1814.