She was also to take 20 pilots to assist the Russian fleet to exit the Baltic and join the British in an expedition against the coast of France.

When she returned from Russia she brought home from Gothenburg the news of the burning of Moscow and the commencement of Napoleon's retreat.

Shortly after she arrived, Captain Wilson, who had already been suffering from ill health, had to leave Arab to go to sick quarters.

[4] On 3 November, off Cape Sambro, Arab captured the American privateer schooner Industry, T. Rice, master.

[5] Arab, Maidstone, Curlew, and Junon shared in the detention, on 23 November of Firmina, of 260 tons (bm), Antonio Jose Fereira, master.

[7][a] The records of the Vice admiralty court in Halifax show that the recaptured Three Williams had first come into Shelburne, Nova Scotia.