In June 1793 her owners commissioned her there as a 20-gun privateer, but the French Navy requisitioned her in November and classed her as a corvette.

Commander Alexander Ruddach, captain of Hazard, described Musette as a "fine coppered French Ship Privateer".

[1] Between September and October 1803 the Navy had Musette fitted out as a floating battery for service on the River Yealm.

[2] The Principal Officers and Commissioners of the Navy offered the "Musette and Cerf sloops" lying at Plymouth for sale on 27 August 1806.

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