The French corvette Robuste was a vessel built at Nantes in 1789 as a slaver that made her first and only slave-trading voyage in 1789-90.

She captured a number of French privateers, primarily in the West Indies, before the navy sold her in 1802.

[7] The Royal Navy commissioned Scourge in August 1796 under Commander Henry Richard Glynn.

[10] Commander Samuel Warren replaced Glynn and sailed Scourge to the Leeward Islands on 7 June.

Sarazine, of Guadaloupe, was armed with six guns and had a crew of 58 men; Warren sent them into Port Royal, Martinique.

[11] Next, Scourge detained on 4 December the schooner Amazon, of 90 tons (bm), which had been sailing with provisions from Baltimore to Surinam.

The capture took place too windward of Dominique and Scourge sent Amazon into Saint Pierre, Martinique.

[12] On 23 January 1798, Scourge captured Neustra Segniora de la Providentia; the vessel and cargo were condemned at Tortola.

[13] Two weeks later, on 8 February, Scourge and Roebuck captured the schooner Betsey, which too was condemned at Tortola.

The privateer's crew escaped after setting fire to the brig, which blew up before boats from Scourge could reach it.

[15] On 20 January 1799, Scourge captured a Spanish brig from Cadiz bound to La Guira with a cargo of wine, brandy, and merchandise.