[1] By February 1809 she was in the Basque Roads and had become attached to a squadron under Robert Stopford when on 27th of that month she took part in the Battle of Les Sables-d'Olonne.

Two of the French frigates were obliged to cut their cables and run ashore in order to escape before the British were forced to withdraw by the falling tide.

[7] The French ships were anchored under the protection of the powerful batteries on the Isle d'Aix[8] when on 11 April Lord Cochrane led an attacking force of fireships and explosive vessels.

[9] At this time, Doterel was employed in a passive role, providing a diversion to the east of the island with the brigs Beagle, Conflict, and Growler, and the 36-gun frigate Emerald.

[11] Later on 13 April, Doterel, Foxhound, and Redpole, carrying letters from Gambier, arrived in the Maumossen Passage where Cochrane had retired from attacking the grounded French fleet due to the falling tide.

[12][13] In October 1810 Doterel was commissioned for service in the West Indies, and in December command passed to William Westcott Daniel.

[1] Daniel was still in command in early October 1812, when Doterel was back in home waters, part of a squadron under Alexander Cochrane.

[15] Official records reported that Doterel had been in company with Raven and Marlborough, that the privateer's name was Eleonore (or Leonore), and that she had been armed with 10 guns.

[23][b] In January 1815, Doterel was part of an invasion force under George Cockburn, which looted St Simons and its neighbouring islands in Georgia, carrying away cotton and freeing slaves who were later resettled on Bermuda.