On 8 May 1798 Dart participated in Admiral Home Popham's expedition to Ostend to destroy the sluice gates of the Bruge canal.

The troops burnt the ships in the harbour and blew up the locks and gates on the Canal, but were then forced to surrender as adverse winds prevented their re-embarkation.

The incident occurred during the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland and took place near Wieringen on a sandbank near the channel between Texel and the mainland that was known as De Vlieter.

[6] This may have occurred on 7 October when the boats of Dart, Defender, Cracker, and Hasty, and the schuyt Isis cut out four gunboats from the Pampus, in the Zuiderzee.

[10] Lloyd's List reported on 11 July that "Grand Desiree", prize to Dart, had arrived in the Downs, and that the French captain and about 50 men had been killed, and nine wounded.

[3] On 8 December 1804 Home Popham, in Antelope, sent Dart to provide support to the explosion ship Susannah and two carcasses in their attack against Fort Rouge and the pile battery there that protected the entrance to Calais.

When it exploded it destroyed much of the west part of Fort Rouge, according to report from the cutter Fox which sailed in the next day on a reconnaissance.

Spear took part in the pursuit of a French squadron in June 1806 which had recently arrived in the Caribbean under Jean-Baptiste Philibert Willaumez.

[18] After Spear returned to command Dart, with Wolverine in company, captured the 8-gun schooner privateer Jeune Gabriella on 9 November 1806 at 12°45′N 57°5′W / 12.750°N 57.083°W / 12.750; -57.083.

[19][b] On 30 November there occurred an unfortunate incident when Wolverine fired on a British merchant vessel engaged in lawful trade.

At 10 pm, she and Dart came upon a ship that they suspected was a French privateer and that kept up a running fight until morning, only surrendering after her captain and several of her crew had been wounded, of whom six later died.

Commander Spear gave him a letter of praise for his determined resistance and the fight became something of a sensation; on his return home Crow received honour, glory and a substantial reward for his gallantry.

[3] A statement during a Parliamentary debate in 1811 reports that, before she was broken up, Dart was serving as a guard ship in Carlisle harbour.

One evening, while her captain was ashore, a seaman under confinement for disorderly behavior started making a great deal of noise.