[7] Grouper participated in the capture of Guadeloupe and its dependencies in February 1810 and was engaged in the protection of trade.

In 1847 her surviving crew members would qualify for the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Guadaloupe".

[7] The subsequent court martial on 7 February 1812 reprimanded Atkins for his want of caution in letting Grouper lie too close to land.

[9] However, the board blamed the loss on the neglect of Midshipman Angus McLeod, the officer of the watch.

In June 1812, after the injuries he sustained on Grouper, the wounds he had suffered as Acting Master on Grenada, and 12 years in the West Indies, Atkins returned to England as a passenger on Gloire.