On 22 April 1808, "Goree", under Commander Joseph Spear, engaged the French brigs "Palinure" and "Pilade" in an inconclusive action. The schooner was at anchor a few miles to the NW while refilling her water casks. When the Governor of Marie-Galante, which the British had just occupied a month earlier, informed him that "Goree" was engaged, Captain William Robillard immediately came to "Goree"s assistance. "Superieure" then prevented the French brigs from reaching Guadeloupe and kept up a running fight with "Pilade" until they reached the Saintes. A little while later the frigate and the brig-sloop "Wolverine" arrived, but too late to engage. "Goree" had one man killed and the French lost eight men killed and 21 wounded. On 31 October "Circe" captured "Palinure". In January 1809, "Goree" participated in the invasion of Martinique. In 1847 the Admiralty awarded the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Martinique" to all surviving claimants from the campaign. In October, "Goree" came under the command of the newly promoted Commander Henry Dilkes Byng, formerly of . From 1810 to 1813 "Goree" was on the Halifax station. That year Byng and "Goree" intercepted the schooner under Lieutenant Oliver Hazard Perry. Fortunately, no more dramatic incident ensued. After the Little Belt affair on 16 May 1811, "Goree" encountered and escorted the damaged to Halifax. Also in 1811, Byng intercepted and took into Nassau the "San Carlos", after determining from an inspection of her papers that she was "An American ship engaged in the African Slave Trade under Spanish Colours." The court in Nassau released the "San Carlos" back to her owners as she had no slaves aboard and the charge rested only on Byng's belief that she had forged documents. After the start of the War of 1812, on 2 October, "Goree" captured the American ship "Ranger", which was sailing from the Pacific to Nantucket with a valuable cargo. In March 1813 "Goree" became a prison hulk and Byng transferred to "Mohawk". "Goree" moved to Bermuda. There on 24 April 1814 eleven American prisoners of war overpowered their guards and escaped while having been taken ashore to gather water.