She made one voyage to Britain before the British government hired her to transport troops for a punitive expedition against the pirates of Ras al Khaima.

In late 1819 the government appointed Captain Francis Augustus Collier of Liverpool to command the naval portion of a joint navy-army punitive expedition against the pirates at Ras al-Khaimah in the Persian Gulf.

The naval force consisted of Liverpool, Eden, Curlew, several EIC cruisers including HCS Aurora, and a number of gun and mortar boats.

[6] In May 1820 the government engaged Diana and three other vessels to bring back some detachments of General Keir's force.

[7] Diana wrecked in June on the Khuriya Muriya Islands (or Curia Muria) off the coast of Muscat.