Betsey was launched at Bristol in 1800, and sailed as a West Indiaman.

Argus captured Betsey, Merryweather, master, was on her way back from St Vincents to Bristol when Argus captured Betsey some nine leagues west of Scilly.

[3][4][a] Betsey's second captor, in October 1813, was the privateer True Blooded Yankee.

HMS Whiting, Eurotas, and Helicon recaptured Betsey, Merryweather, master, on 30 October, as well as several other prizes to True Blooded Yankee, and sent her into Plymouth.

Betsey had been on her way from Bristol to Grenada when she had been captured some 100 miles from Lundy Island.