She was converted to a cutter rig in 1797 and had defects repaired between June and August 1799 at Plymouth.

A key source reports that Lieutenant Joseph Nourse commanded her in 1802 and sailed her out to Trinidad to serve as a tender there.

It goes on to report that Lieutenant John Salter commanded her in 1804, but that she was lost in the West Indies in 1804.

Lastly, the premier source on British warship losses between 1650 and 1859 has no mention of an Advice being lost after 1793, in the West Indies or anywhere else.

[6] Another major source on the Royal Navy reports that the Advice of this article was last listed in August 1799.