bark Two Brothers, J. Tucker, master. Two Brothers had been sailing from Liverpool to the Balti with a cargo of salt, crates of ware, rum, and coffee when she had been captured. On 28 May 1814 Curlew was in Halifax, having retaken and sent in Ontario and other vessels. Commander Hugh Pearson assumed command in June after Head was promoted to post-captain on 7 June. Curlew, Maidstone, , and Junon shared in the detention, on 23 November of Firmina, of 260 tons (bm), Antonio Jose Fereira, master. She had been sailing from Boston to Amelia Island in ballast. The Vice admiralty court in Halifax restored her to her owners. Persian Gulf campaign Curlew arrived at Portsmouth on 24 June 1815. From November to January 1817 she was Chatham undergoing repairs. Between February and April 1818 she was fitted for sea. Commander William Walpole commissioned her for the East Indies. On 8 May Curlew was at Mauritius. On 18 August 1819 she was reported to be cruising in the Persian Gulf. By September she was in Bombay. On the way 15 large Joasmi (Al Qasimi) Arab boats attacked her. After five hours of fighting she had sunk three and captured seven. Rear Admiral King appointed Captain Collier of to command the naval portion of the 1819 joint navy-army punitive expedition against the Al Qasimi at Ras Al Khaimah in the Persian Gulf. The naval force consisted of Liverpool, , Curlew, and a number of gun and mortar boats. The Bombay Marine of the East India Company contributed six armed vessels: the 16-gun Teignmouth under the command of Captain Hall, the senior captain, the 16-gun Benares, the 14-gun , the 14-gun , the 12-gun , and the 12-gun . Later two frigates and 600 men belonging to the Sultan of Muscat joined the expedition. On the army side, Major General Sir William Keir commanded some 3,000 troops in transports, including the 47th and 65th Regiments, the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of Native Infantry, the flank companies of the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Regiment of Native Infantry and of the Marine Battalion and half a company of Pioneers. In all, 1,645 European and 1,424 Indian soldiers ('sepoys') and marines took part in the expedition. The fleet anchored off Ras Al Khaimah on 2 December, landing troops two miles south of the town on 3 December. Collier placed Captain Walpole of