She was launched March 1745 under command of Justinian Nutt and sailed to Portsmouth for fitting out and armament at cost of a further £2000.
[citation needed] She was recommissioned March 1748 under command of Captain John Rous who took her over the Atlantic to Nova Scotia.
[3] On 16 October 1750, as part of Father Le Loutre's War, he attacked two French vessels off Cape Sable: the "Sainte Francois" under Captain Vergor, and the supply ship "Aimable Jeanne".
Vergor's ship was severely damaged but Aimable Jeanne escaped and reached Fort Boishebert.
In June 1756 command transferred to Edmund Affleck before changing to John Elliot in March 1757 and to Charles Medows in April 1757.