was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by John Preston at Great Yarmouth and launched in 1804.

[1] She served in the North Sea and the Baltic, and Jackson supervised the first successful rocket attack in Europe at Boulogne in 1806.

On 28 December 1804 Musquito sent into Yarmouth Roads a large smuggling vessel carrying 1400 half-ankers of liquor, and some tobacco.

[2] Lloyd's List (LL) had reported on 31 May 1803 that Earl of Leicester, Princess Royal, and King George Packet had been detained at Helvöet.

[4] On 26 March 1805 Musquito was in company with HMS Blazer and Ariadne when they captured the Prussian brig Fortuna.

[8] Two days later, Musquito and Ariadne, and the gun-brigs Blazer, Bold, and Furious captured Anna Margaretha, Klinkammer, master.

[7][9] On 14 April Musquito, Ariadne, Monkey, and Blazer captured the merchant vessel Elizabeth Anna.

[15][16] Later that year Musquito escorted transports carrying some 5,000 troops to Lord Cathcart's army in Hanover.

[18] Musquito joined the expedition to Copenhagen in October 1806 where she was stationed in the Belt to prevent supplies reaching Zealand.

Mansel, of Patriot sent a letter to Goate for onward transmission announcing the capture of the Danish cutter privateer Snap.

[25] In June 1809 Lord George Stuart gave Goate command of a small force consisting of Musquito, the two Cherokee-class brig-sloops Briseis and Ephira, five gun-brigs, including Basilisk, Centinel, Patriot, and Alert.

[26] Next morning at daylight Goate led a landing party but before they could attack the battery its 80-man garrison retreated, abandoning their guns.

The British then loaded the battery's six 24-pounders into vessels lying in the harbour, together with all the shot and military stores they could find and some other small guns.

Lastly, the landing party handed the town of Cuxhaven back to the civil governor before returning to its vessels.

[27] On 26 July French cavalry almost captured several British naval officers reconnoitering the village of Ritzbuttle.

As soon as Goate approached the French they evacuated Gessendorf in requisitioned wagons, while about 60 cavalry covered their retreat.

Before the British arrived, the French artillerymen abandoned their guns, making their escape via boats on the Weser.

On 11 February 1814, Musquito, still under Tomkinson's command, detained the American brig Halligren in the river of Surinam.

[40] Manuella was sailing under Spanish colours and was on her way to Puerto Rico with "500 Negros" when Musquito captured her and sent her into Tortola.

[43][f] On 26 February 1815, Musquito was one of the warships that sailed from St. Thomas as escort to a convoy of 95 vessels bound for Great Britain.

[45] On 26 June, Panther, Gezoline, master, arrived at Plymouth as a prize to Conway, Musquito, Acteon, Tay, and Prometheus.

While cruising in the vicinity she captured a number of slave vessels, including the schooners Petite Aimée and Helen, and the luggers St. Joseph and Zephyr.

The Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy first offered the "Mosquito brig, of 18 guns and 384 tons", lying at Deptford, for sale on 13 April 1822.