Brisson was built as a fluyt for the Mississippi Company.

She became property of the Crown on 8 December 1769 with the liquidation of the Company, and commissioned as a light frigate.

She was sold to the commerce circa September 1771.

[1] She returned to the service of the Crown when the French requisitioned in July 1778 for the defence of Pondicherry.

[2] She was captured by the British at Pondicherry in September 1778.