Commander George E. Watts commissioned Woodlark at Spithead in May 1809 for the North Sea, and operated between 1810 and 1812 in the Baltic.

[6] Nicolina Elizabeth and Good Hoop arrived at Hull on 6 June, as did Frow Inqueberg, a third prize to Woodlark.

[8] On 27 May, Woodlark's boats destroyed the Danish privateer cutter Swan, which was lying under the protection of batteries and field pieces off Hadstrand (Højsande), Læsø.

Success, Zimmerman, master, had been sailing from Pillau when her captors brought her into Bornholm, where she was condemned and from whence Woodlark's boat cut her out.

[11] On 29 January 1811 her officers and crew received £1000, representing a part-payment of the salvage money for her recapture.

[23] Shortly after the outbreak of the War of 1812, on 12 August, Woodlark shared in the seizure of several American vessels: Cuba, Caliban, Edward, Galen, Halcyon, and Cygnet.

Podargus shared the prize money with Woodlark, Erebus, Persian, and Plover by agreement.

[2] On 25 February 1814 Lieutenant Cheyne and five seamen from Woodlark manned the first boat to be able to cross the bar at the Admiral Lord Keith's landing of troops at the Ardour river.

[27] Disposal: The "Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy" offered the "Woodlark brig, of 237 tons," lying at Chatham, for sale on 30 January 1817.

[2] Post-scripts: In January 1819 the London Gazette reported that Parliament had voted a grant to all those who had served under the command of Admiral Viscount Keith in 1812, between 1812 and 1814, and in the Gironde.

[d] In August 1822 the government announced that it would pay the balance of prize money due on sundry Danish vessels that Woodlark and Erebus had captured between 20 June 1813 and 24 July.

However, the bankruptcy of the government's agent at Gothenburg had resulted in an amount too small to warrant a general disbursement.

Instead, the government would turn the money for the subsidiary shares over to the Treasurer of the Greenwich Hospital, London, a home for retired Royal Navy sailors.

[e] Woodlark first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1818 with Middleton, master and owner, and trade London-Smyrna.

[35] Woodlark, Grimes, master, was reported to have been at Bay of Islands on 18 March 1830 with 1,100 barrels of whale oil.

[37] Captain Grimes continued to sail Woodlark on whaling voyages for a number of years after 1832.

[39] On 15 March 1837 Woodlark stopped at Walpole Island (New Caledonia), where Grimes discovered the skeletons of seven men.

Mrs Grimes was aboard making this what was believed to be the longest voyage by a female on record.

[40] When Woodlark finally returned to Port Jackson after having been out 21 months, Grimes brought the skulls with him, which he handed over to the authorities.

The other 21 people reached Lord Howe's Island in the long boat,[42][43] where Woodlark, Grimes, master, rescued them.

[44] Woodlark continued to engage in whaling until on 3 September 1840 when her owners, Walker & Co., offered her for sale.