She participated in one campaign and also captured a handful of small merchant vessels before the Navy sold her in 1802.

[1] In 1794 Inspector was part of the naval forces at Admiral Jervis's capture of the French colonies of Martinique, Guadeloupe and Saint Lucia[4][5][b] Commander Bryer died on 23 October 1794.

The mutiny aboard Inspector followed the foiling of an earlier plot on the Humber on 25 May with the mutineers intending to sail her to France.

[9] In the summer of 1799 the Admiralty ordered Inspector to convoy the merchant ships assembled at the Nore bound for Archangel to the 54 deg.

[10] On 30 July, HMS Astraea, Inspector, and Apollo captured the Dutch Greenlandsmen (northern fisheries whalers) Frederick and Waachzamghheer.

[13] The new French privateer lugger Fantasie, of 14 guns and 60 men had captured Meanwell, Manners, master, in late November, as well as some other merchant vessels.

[14][c] In August 1800 Inspector detained Indian Chief, Service, master, as she was sailing from Hamburg to Bengal.

[19][e] On 15 December 1800, Admiral Archibald Dickson at Yarmouth Roads, sent Shannon, Bittern, the hired armed lugger Phoenix, and hired armed cutter Drake on a cruise to protect the homeward-bound Baltic fleet from French privateers, one having been reported off Scarborough.

He stated in a letter that he intended to augment the patrol with Inspector and the cutters Hazardand Diligent when they arrived.

[1] Disposal: "The Principal Offices and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy" offered the "Inspector Sloop, 310 Tons, Copper-bottomed and Copper-fastened, lying at Sheerness" for sale on 24 February 1802.

On 1 March 1803 a whale strike caused Captain Dennis great injury and he died a few days later.

[23] In February 1813 Inspector was well in the South Sea fishery, in this case at Timor, as were Albion, Baroness Longueville, Cumberland, Good Sachem, Ocean, Thames, and Venus.

[26] Inspector sailed from St Helena as part of a convoy under escort by HMS Cormorant, a naval storeship coming from the Cape.

On 6 December Thames and Cumberland spoke Inspector, Martin, master; she had lost her bowsprit, her fore and main masts, and her mizen topmast.

[28] Inspector's owners applied for a licence on 25 July 1814 to engage in whaling in the East Indies and received it on 8 August.

[23] 7th whaling voyage (1817–loss): Captain John Duncan sailed from England on 4 September 1817, bound for Peru.

[29] Lloyd's List reported in November 1818 that Inspector, Dunkin, master, had been captured and taken into Valparaiso.

Then in June Lloyd's List reported that Inspector, Parkers, master, had arrived at St Andero.