Wasp and Crabtree arrived at St Thomas on 10 January 1814. Crabtree reported that the day before he had encountered an American privateer west of Saba but that it had sailed away when he gave chase, fearing that Wasp was a warship. On 11 January, the British merchantman Hibernia, of 22 men and six guns, Lennon, master, too encountered the privateer. The privateer was, of 14 guns and 125 men, Boyle, master. After an intense 9-hour single-ship action that left one man killed on Hibernia, and 11 wounded, Hibernia succeeded in driving Comet off. Comet had three men killed and eight men wounded.[2]
On 12 October 1817, Wasp, John Ware, master, and Thomas Staniforth and Thomas Blunt, owners, received a license at Gibraltar from the British East India Company. The license authorized Wasp to trade with India. Then on 29 December 1818 they received a license again, but this time at Malta. Each license only cost £5. Wasp left Calcutta on 5 April 1818, bound for Gibraltar and Malta.[3]
In 1820, Wasp changed owners and thereafter made one voyage as a whaler.[4] The outcome and duration are currently obscure. Wasp is no longer listed after 1827.
The data in the table below are from Lloyd's Register. The information is only as accurate as owners bothered to keep it updated.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1809 | J.Shepherd | Staniforth | Hull-London | 12 × 12-pounder carronades |
| 1810 | Grieson | Staniforth | London-Haiti | 12 × 12-pounder carronades |
| 1811 | Grieson E.Archer | Staniforth | London-Haiti London Santo Domingo | 12 × 12-pounder carronades |
| 1812 | E. Archer | Staniforth | London-Santo Domingo London-Malta | 12 × 12-pounder carronades |
| 1813 | E. Archer Crabtree | Staniforth | London | 12 × 12-pounder carronades |
| 1814 | Crabtree Dalziel | Staniforth | London London-Jamaica | 12 × 12-pounder guns of the new construction |
| 1815 | Dalzeil J. Ware | Staniforth | London-Jamaica | 12 × 12-pounder guns of the new construction |
| 1816 | J. Ware | Staniforth | Plymouth-West Indies | |
| 1818 | J. Ware | Staniforth | London | |
| 1819 | J. Ware | Staniforth | London | |
| 1820 | J. Ware Harris | Staniforth Birnie | London-South Seas Fishery | |
| 1821 | E. Harris | Birnie (or Burnie) | London-South Seas Fishery | |
| 1822 | Harris | Birnie | London-South Seas Fishery | |
| 1823 | Harris | Birnie | London-South Seas Fishery | |
| 1824 | Harris | Birnie | London-South Seas Fishery | |
| 1825 | Harris | Birnie | London-South Seas Fishery | |
| 1826 | Harris | Birnie | London-South Seas Fishery | |
| 1827 | Harris | Birnie | London-South Seas Fishery | |