She sailed from India to join the British fleet off Shanghai, China, during the First Opium War but was damaged and later foundered on 23 June 1842.

[5] Ariadne, Lieutenant John Roberts, had recently come out from India to join the fleet.

[6][5] Striking the rock knocked a hole in Ariadne's bottom and the engine-room compartment filled with water.

[5] When Ariadne arrived at Chusan she was run ashore for repairs.

She then slid off a mud bank and sank in ten fathoms of water.