Dispatch, Croke, master, first appeared in the ship arrival and departure (SAD) data in Lloyd's List (LL) in 1787.

In July, the "Dispatch privateer", of Liverpool, recaptured Three Brothers, of Dartmouth, which was laden with fish.

On 31 October Captain Edward Jackson acquired a letter of marque, but with a third fewer men and guns than before.

2nd enslaving voyage (1793–1794): Captain Edward Jackson sailed from Liverpool on 22 December 1793, bound for West Africa.

[6] 3rd enslaving voyage (1794–loss): Captain Jackson sailed from Liverpool on 20 November 1794, bound for Malembo.

[7][a] Lloyd's List reported that a French privateer had captured three British slave ships off the west coast of Hispaniola on about 15 December 1795 as they were on their way to Jamaica.

[9] Dispatch arrived at Saint Vincent, most of which was then under French control as a result of the Second Carib War.