The Spanish captured her in 1797 off the south American coast, shortly after the outbreak of war between Spain and Britain.

[1] Alexander and Benjamin Champion acquired Beaver to sail her as a whaler in the Southern Whale Fishery.

Captain Barnabas Gardner sailed from London on 8 April 1796, bound for Chile.

By 23 May, the Spanish had captured Beaver, Castor, Charmilly, Alderney, Jupiter, and Atlantic.

[3] Lloyd's List reported on 13 February 1798 that Beaver, Gardner, master, was one of several British whalers that the Spanish had captured off the coasts of Chile and Peru.