Two of her captains were forced to resign their commands during this time and the ship was placed in reserve in 1826 until she was broken up in 1829.

Valorous was initially armed with eighteen 32-pounder carronades on her gundeck and a pair of 9-pounder cannon as chase guns.

[1] Valorous, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[2] was ordered on 28 November 1812, laid down in March 1815 in Pater Dockyard, Wales, and launched, together with her sister ship, Ariadne, on 10 February 1813.

[1] She was converted into a 26-gun post ship at Plymouth Dockyard in March 1820 – 4 July 1821.

The ship's first commission began in February 1821 under the command of Captain James Murray for service on the Newfoundland Station.