 Commodore Roy provided clothing and food to the "Regular"'s crew and passengers and diverted to Mauritius from his intended destination of the Isle of Bourbon (now Réunion) to allow them to be landed on British territory.She sailed to the Ryukyu Islands with two corvettes under Admiral Cécille in June 1846 and thence to Nagasaki where she arrived on 29 July as part of an attempt to open up trade relations with Japan.During the Crimean War (1853-56) "Cléopâtre" was temporarily reduced to 2 guns when configured en flûte for use as a transport vessel.