Leaving the "Alcmène" in 1813, he joined the "Pylades" sloop with Captain James Erskine Wemyss, before he then became acting-Lieutenant of the "Caledonia" bearing the flag of the late Lord Exmouth. Willes-Johnson then went on half-pay in 1814, before returning to full pay in 1815. After this he sailed with the "Boyne", visiting Naples, Marseille and the Barbary States, and "Queen Charlotte", on which he participated in the bombardment of Algiers.