In September 1809 Commander Henry Dawson assumed command on the Texel Station. "Parthian" took part in the ill-fated Walcheren Campaign. Commodore Owen placed Captain Dawson in charge of a division of gun boats covering the retreat of the rear guard during the evacuation in December. (The previous commander, Captain Abraham Lowe, had moved to take command of .) "Parthian" was afterwards employed in the blockade of German rivers.