In 1806 a British squadron under Sir John Borlase Warren captured her off La Palma in the Canary Islands.

In March 1803, she joined the fleet of Rear-Admiral Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois, whose mission was to re-take the colonies of the Indian Ocean, given to English at the peace of Amiens.

The fleets met in the Battle of Pulo Aura, but the greater numbers and aggressive action of the British East Indiamen, some of whom flew Royal Navy flags, drove the French away.

After a fierce duel with London, Marengo struck her colours; Belle Poule battled against Amazon and later against Ramillies, and had to surrender as well.

At the time of her capture Belle Poule was armed with forty 18-pounder guns, had a crew of 320 men, and was under the command of Captain Brouillac.

[4] She entered service under the same name in 1808 under captain James Brisbane, joining the forces operating in the Adriatic campaign of 1807-1814 off Corfu, successfully blockading the island.

Between 2 and 12 October of the same year Belle Poule was involved in the invasions of the Ionian Islands of Cerigo, Cephalonia, and Zante, and would share in the booty captured there.

[7] Then a British force attacked the fortress of Santa Maura, which was a French strongpoint off Greece's west coast.

Belle Poule's marines formed part of the assault force; the fortress surrendered on 16 April 1810.

[8] In all, during the siege of Santa Maura, from 31 March to 10 April, Belle Poule suffered six men wounded.

[13] On 30 January 1811 Belle Poule, Leonidas, Victorious, and Imogen shared in the capture and destruction of the Italian man-of-war schooner Leoben.

[14] Leoben was sailing along the Albanian coast from Venice to Corfu with a cargo of ordnance stores when the British caught her.

[18] During 1812 Belle Poule patrolled the Western Approaches, capturing numerous American merchant vessels and privateers.

[20] On 30 April 1812, Belle Poule and Hermes captured the American privateer schooner Gipsy or Gipsey, out of New York, in the middle of the Atlantic and after a three-day chase.

[22] In September 1812 George Harris replaced Brisbane and over the next year Belle Poule captured several American vessels, including four privateers.

[23] On 11 March, Belle Poule and the privateer Earl St Vincent captured the American ship John and Francis, of 220 tons, two guns and 16 men.

With respect to the Napoleon, Belle Poule was in company with Briton and the hired armed cutter Fancy, with Dispatch and Royalist sharing by agreement.

[29] The navy took Zebra into service as Pictou On 11 May Belle Poule took Revenge after a chase that lasted from 5 p.m. the previous evening until 2am.

[36] Following a request from the Duke of Wellington, Belle Poule was commissioned as a troopship in June under Captain Francis Baker.

Belle Poule was in a squadron, led by HMS Bedford as flagship, that carried the advance guard of Major General Keane's army, which was sailing for North America.

[38] Many years later her crew received a distribution of head-money arising from the capture of American gun-boats and sundry bales of cotton at the battle.

In January 1819, the London Gazette reported that Parliament had voted a grant to all those who had served under the command of Lord Viscount Keith in 1812, between 1812 and 1814, and in the Gironde.