Was a three-masted corvette-like ship built in Bayonne and commissioned in Bordeaux in 1799 under Captain Emit as an armed merchantman.

After her arrival at Île de France (Mauritius) in May she was recommissioned as a privateer under Captain Étienne Bourgoin.

[2] Gloire sailed from Île de France on the evening of 25 August 1800, in company with the privateer Adèle.

[3] On 23 March 1801 HMS Albatross, Captain William Waller captured Gloire, Étienne Bourgoin, master, at 15°17′N 87°0′E / 15.283°N 87.000°E / 15.283; 87.000.

He also reported that some time earlier he had encountered the British East India Company's 24-gun cruizer Mornington.

She had chased Gloire for some three days, and Bourgoin praised Lieutenant Henry Frost, Mornington's captain, for his seamanship.

[12] Culloden, Captain Christopher Cole, captured Émilien on 26 September 1806 after a chase that lasted two days and a night.