He also served on HMS "Curacoa" and HMS "Stag". All the AA cruiser conversions followed a similar pattern to that of HMS Curacoa (D41). He was posted aboard HMS "Curacoa", assigned to the Australian Station, in 1863. He went on to command the ships HMS "Northampton" and HMS "Curacoa". "Intreprenant" was sailing out of Curacoa. Two gunboats, the "Pioneer" and the "HMS Curacoa" were positioned on the Waikato River. He remained aboard "Curacoa" until May 1857. "Curacoa" was transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1929. Curacoa is a submarine volcano located south of the Curacoa Reef in northern Tonga. During her sea trials on 14 February 1918, "Curacoa" reached her designed speed at . On 24 October 1858, "Curacoa" ran aground on the Pelican Reef, off Smyrna, Ottoman Empire.