Diana was launched in 1794. Sometime in late January or February, 1800 she recaptured the American
schooner Sally and Mary that had been captured by a French
privateer. The schooner was sent in to
St. Kitts.
Diana served in the Royal Navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September. Therefore, her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the
Admiralty authorized in 1850 to all surviving claimants.
Diana was at Tangiers 19 January, 1804. On 17 July, 1804 she was escorting a convoy from Cork to the
Leeward Islands Diana participated in an attack on a French frigate squadron anchored at
Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue at the
action of 15 November 1810, which ultimately led to the destruction of the . (Boats from
Diana went in and set fire to the beached
Eliza despite heavy fire from shore batteries and three nearby armed brigs; the British suffered no casualties.) In January or February 1812, the French captured , Gillespie, master.
Diana recaptured
Patent on 4 February.
Patent arrived at Plymouth on 6 February. , near Plymouth, 10 March 1813, by John Rogers == Dutch service ==