French frigates captured her in 1794 as she was sailing to West Africa outward bound on her seventh slave trading voyage.

Hannah first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1786 with J. Smith, master, Heywood, owner, and trade Liverpool–Africa.

[3] 1st slave trading voyage (1786–1787): Captain Bryan Smith sailed from Liverpool on 4 August 1786.

Hannah gathered slaves at New Calabar and at Bonny Island that she delivered to Kingston, Jamaica, on 31 December.

[6] 4th slave trading voyage (1790–1791): Captain William Young sailed from Liverpool on 30 October 1790.

Hannah gathered slaves at the Congo River and delivered them to Grenada in August.

[10] 7th slave trading voyage (1794–loss): Captain William Stringer acquired a letter of marque on 11 March 1794.

[11] In July 1794 Lloyd's List reported that two French frigates had captured at least four British vessels off Madeira.