The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Barbadoes She captured a number of merchantmen and privateers before she was paid-off in May 1816.

On 10 December 1812 HMS Acasta, Poictiers, and Maidstone captured the letter of marque brig Herald, bound from Bordeaux to Baltimore.

[4] On 11 April 1814 Fleming reported from English Harbour that Barbadoes had captured the American privateer sloop Polly off San Domingo after a 60–hour chase.

On 26 December HMS Barrosa and Barbadoes captured the schooner Gallant Hull, of 10 men and 79 tons (bm).

[11] On 15 February HMS Dasher and Barbadoes captured the schooner Spencer, of 160 tons (bm), and 16 men.

[11] The following month, on 8 March, Barbadoes captured the American privateer brig Avon after a short action.

[16] Barbadoes was reported at some point in April or early May to have detained three Bourbon (French Royalist) vessels bound from Martinique to Guadeloupe.

Still Barbadoes received a second payment of prize money for Junge Clara from funds that had been withheld to cover the costs for the restitution.

On 8 August 1815 Barbadoes, under the command of Captain Fleming, was part of the British force that captured Guadeloupe from Bonaparte loyalists.

Barbadoes and several other warships covered the landing of the troops; they helped silence a shore battery and drive the defenders back from the beach.