She was retired and sold in 1773 when unrest in Britain's American colonies required larger, better armed patrol craft.

The navy named her HMS Sultana and commissioned her in July under the command of Lt John Inglis,[2] who would end his service to the crown as Vice Admiral of the Blue.

Following that, she sailed up and down the coast of the Colonies, visiting Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia and many spots in the lower Chesapeake tidewater region.

[1] A new Sultana, launched in Chestertown, Maryland, in 2001, serves as an educational vessel for schoolchildren as it travels around the Chesapeake Bay.

The Howard I. Chapelle drawings of Sultana, traced from the Admiralty draughts, also inspired another modern vessel, the schooner Larinda.

Her design is loosely based on Sultana but with a junk-rig and fantasy woodwork featuring whimsical details such as a frog for a figurehead.