The Department of Eure purchased her and donated her to the French government, which, however, found her unsuitable and returned her to her owner.

The Department of Eure purchased her in August or September to donate her to the French government for use as an 18-gun corvette.

[3][4] By the time she returned to mercantile service war with England was well underway and Saint Pierre apparently did not sail in the slave trade.

[1] On 9 August 1808 the French corvette Sylphe, under the command of capitaine de frégate M. Louis Marie Clément,[6] (a Member of the Legion of Honour), sailed with Diligente and Espiègle, to carry supplies from Lorient to Guadeloupe.

[10] Lloyd's List reported that the corvette Diligent had been armed with 20 guns and had a crew of 150 men.

[2] The "Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy" offered "St. Pierre sloop, of 371 tons", "lying at Portsmouth", for sale on 16 March 1814.