She first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1798 with J. Burke, master, Callahan, owner, and trade Cork—Martinique.

[1] Admiral Kingsmill, Burk, master, was sailing from Jamaica to London when the French privateer Courageaux captured her in April 1799.

Courageaux also captured three other vessels that month: Recovery, Mary, and Fanny.

Courageaux sent her prizes into Passages; the captains were returned to Poole.

[2] The French papers reported that Mary and three other vessels from a convoy from the West Indies, prizes to Courageux, had arrived in France on the 17th of April.