Between November 1798 and October 1799 Schomberg, now the first lieutenant of "Minotaur", was employed on the coast of the Kingdom of Naples. In mid-1800 "Minotaur" served as the flagship of Lord Keith at the siege of Genoa. On 3 September 1800, under the command of Captain James Hillyar of , Schomberg led the boats of "Minotaur" in the successful cutting out of the Spanish corvettes "Esmeralda" and "Paz" off Barcelona.